Legal Opinion
ASTARAEE v. VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 2020No. 2:20-cv-01522Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ROOZBEH SEIFOLLAHY ASTARAEE : : v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 20-1522 : VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY : _____________________________________________________________________________ McHUGH, J. DECEMBER 18, 2020 MEMORANDUM Plaintiff Roozbeh Astaraee was a doctoral candidate at Villanova until he was dismissed in April 2019. Plaintiff hails from Iran and alleges that the University unlawfully discriminated against him because of his national origin both in his oral examination process and his dismissal process. In support of that…
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