WATTS v. FLORIDA INTERN. UNIVERSITY

No. 05-13852.

495 F.3d 1289 (2007)

John WATTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Board of Regents of the State of Florida, Modesto Maidique, Psychiatric Institute of Delray, a Florida corporation, Karen Sowers-Hoag, Phyllis Singerman, Joseph Salluzzi, FIU Board of Trustees, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Scott Golden, Atty. at Law, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Oscar E. Marrero, Lourdes Espino Wydler, Law Offices of Oscar E. Marrero, Coral Gables, FL, Justin C. Fineberg, Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Weston, FL, Alicia Lyons Laufer, Rubinton & Laufer, LLC, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Alan D. Lash, Lorelei J. Van Wey, Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, CARNES and HILL, Circuit Judges.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by John Watts from the dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) of his amended complaint claiming, among other things, that because of his religious beliefs he was terminated from a practicum position, which led to his dismissal from a seminar and prevented him from earning his master's degree at a state university.

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Given the procedural posture of the case, we view the allegations in the amended complaint...

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