Howard Medical Student’s Bias Suit Revived Under New Time Limit

Howard University College of Medicine must face an expelled student’s claims that he was denied accommodation for his test-taking anxiety, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday.

The court cited its December 2022 decision that the District of Columbia’s three-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims applies to lawsuits brought under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It was necessary to look to D.C. law to determine the former Howard student’s deadline for suing under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, because—like Title VI—those laws don’t contain their own statute of limitations, the court said.

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