Vigil v. Regents of the University of Michigan et al
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JUDGMENT Signed by District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. (MOre)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JOSEPH DEAN VIGIL,
Plaintiff,
v.
Case No. 10-14401
Honorable Patrick J. Duggan
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN, EDIE GOLDENBERG,
DON HERZOG, CHRISTINA WHITMAN,
and ANNA KIRKLAND,
Defendants.
____________________________/
JUDGMENT
This lawsuit arises from Plaintiff’s November 2007 dismissal from the University
of Michigan’s doctoral program after he failed to defend his dissertation within six years
of becoming a candidate. In his pro se Complaint, filed November 3, 2010, Plaintiff
alleges the following claims against Defendants: (1) retaliation in violation of his First
Amendment rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; (2) violation of his substantive and
procedural due process rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; (3) violation of his rights
under the Equal Protection Clause pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; (4) retaliation in
violation of his free speech rights under the Michigan Constitution; (5) violation of his
due process rights under the Michigan Constitution; (6) violation of his equal protection
rights under the Michigan Constitution; (7) breach of express or implied contract; (8)
defamation; (9) tortious interference with contractual or advantageous business
relationships; (10) intentional infliction of emotional distress; and (11) race and ethnic
discrimination in violation of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. On March 25, 2011,
Defendants filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6)
which this Court granted in an Opinion and Order entered on this date.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED, that Plaintiff’s Complaint is
DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE as to Claims 1-6 and 8-11 and DISMISSED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to Claim 7 (breach of contract).
Date: July 28, 2011
Copies to:
Joseph Dean Vigil
2850 South Hobart Way
Denver, CO 80227
Donica Thomas Varner, Esq.
s/PATRICK J. DUGGAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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