A Michigan federal judge should have allowed a former school superintendent to amend her discrimination lawsuit for a fourth time, the Sixth Circuit ruled.
The judge incorrectly found that allowing Jaleelah Hassan Ahmed to add more factual allegations and legal claims to her complaint would be futile, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said Monday.
The appeals court relied on the US Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis to find that Ahmed could include claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act and Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments in a ...
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