LASKAR v. PETERSON

No. 14-10262.

771 F.3d 1291 (2014)

Joy LASKAR, Ph.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G.P. "Bud" PETERSON, individually and in his official capacity as President of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a Unit of the University System of Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Mitchell Frankel , Leanne Marie Gilbert , Gaslowitz Frankel, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Julia B. Anderson , Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WILSON and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges, and HUCK, District Judge.


WILSON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by a former tenured university professor who alleges that his termination failed to comport with procedural due process. Joy Laskar, Ph.D., who was a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), appeals from the district court's order dismissing pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) his complaint brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Georgia Tech President G.P. "Bud" Peterson, Chancellor...

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