Legal Opinion

Mesumbe v. Howard University

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided April 19, 2010No. Civil Action No. 2009-1582Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ______________________________ EKITI G. MESUMBE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 09-1582 (GK) ) ) HOWARD UNIVERSITY, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ______________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff, Ekiti G. Mesumbe (“Plaintiff”), brings this action against Defendants, Howard University, Robert E. Taylor, Sheik N. Hassan, and Irene Pandit (collectively, “Defendants”), under

42 U.S.C. § 1981

and the common law of the District of Columbia. The suit arises from Plaintiff’s dismissal from Howard University College of Medicine.…

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