White v. Gaston County Board of Education

Filing 29

ORDER denying 25 Motion to Dismiss. Signed by District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr on 3/17/17. (tob)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
DOCKET NO. 3:16-cv-00552-MOC-DSC
JAMES ROBERT WHITE,
Plaintiff,
Vs.
GASTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Defendant.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on defendant’s third Motion to Dismiss, which this
time is captioned as a “partial” motion to dismiss plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint. Having
reviewed the arguments of the parties, the Court denies the Rule 12(b)(6) motion without prejudice
as to reasserting its substance either at the close of discovery in the form of a Motion for Summary
Judgment or at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence at trial in the form of a motion for directed
verdict.
ORDER
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that defendant’s Partial Motion to Dismiss Second
Amended Complaint (#25) is DENIED without prejudice as to reasserting it as provided herein.
If it has not done so already, defendant is directed to file its Answer to the Second Amended
Complaint within 14 days.

Signed: March 17, 2017

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