Legal Opinion
Jones v. Denotaris
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 2014No. Civil Action No. 13-4500Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
PRATTER, District Judge.
This case presents novel questions of law in the Third Circuit: first, whether a plaintiff alleging violations of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (“RSA”), 20 U.S.C. § 107 et seq., may proceed directly against a state licensing agency and its officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and, second, whether he may proceed without “exhausting” the procedures explicitly provided for by the RSA. For the reasons that follow, the Court answers both questions in the negative.
I. THE RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD ACT
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