Professor’s Lawyer Sanctioned for Jurisdiction Claim (Corrected)

An attorney for a law professor who sued a law school in North Carolina for discrimination and The Catholic University of America on contract claims was sanctioned for his arguments about why the case should be heard in Washington, D.C.

The lawyer for plaintiff Amos Jones garnered a $2,500 sanction for asserting an argument that “exceeds the bounds of creative advocacy,” Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia decided Sept. 4. Cooper also revised a prior order dismissing all claims and instead transferred the case to the Eastern District of North Carolina.

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