Smith v. Board of Trustees Lakeland Community College

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KATHLEEN McDONALD O’MALLEY, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Partial Dismissal of Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint (Doc. 10). This motion has been fully briefed and is ripe for adjudication. For the reasons articulated below, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background 1

1. The Parties

Plaintiff V. Erika Smith, Ph.D. (“Smith”) is an African American female formerly employed by Defendant Lakeland Community College (“Lakeland”) as an English instructor. 2

The fifteen named Defendants can be divided into four…