BUXTON v. KURTINITIS

No. 16-1826.

862 F.3d 423 (2017)

Dustin BUXTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sandra KURTINITIS, individually and in her official capacity as President of The Community College of Baltimore County; Carol Eustis, individually and in her official capacity as Dean of Instruction for the School of Health Professions at The Community College of Baltimore County; Adrienne Dougherty, individually and in her official capacity as Program Director and Coordinator of Radiation Therapy at The Community College of Baltimore County; Charles Martino, individually and in his official capacity as Academic Advisor for the School of Health Professions at The Community College of Baltimore County; Ebony Thomas, individually and in her official capacity as Coordinator for Selective Admissions in the School of Health Professions at The Community College of Baltimore County, Defendants-Appellees. Christian Legal Society; National Association of Evangelicals, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Carly Farrell Gammill , AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE, Franklin, Tennessee, for Appellant. Peter Stephen Saucier , KOLLMAN & SAUCIER, P.A., Timonium, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Abigail A. Southerland , Franklin, Tennessee, Michelle K. Terry , Greenville, South Carolina, Francis J. Manion , AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE, New Hope, Kentucky; John Garza , GARZA LAW FIRM, P.A., Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant. Clifford B. Geiger , Bernadette M. Hunton , KOLLMAN & SAUCIER, P.A., Timonium, Maryland, for Appellees. Thomas C. Berg , Religious Liberty Appellate Clinic, UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS SCHOOL OF LAW, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kimberlee Wood Colby , CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, Springfield, Virginia, for Amici Curiae.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge Harris joined.


Plaintiff-Appellant, Dustin Buxton, applied and was denied admission into the Radiation Therapy Program (RTP) at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) in 2013 and 2014. Buxton brought this action alleging that points were deducted from his application score and that he was...

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