U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Branch v. University Hospital
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- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- June 21, 2002
- Case
- Branch v. University Hospital
- Case status
- Decided
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ORDER Ohio resident Arnita M. Branch, proceeding pro se, appeals a district court judgment that dismissed her employment discrimination suit. The case has been referred to this panel pursuant to Rule 34(j)(1), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. We unanimously agree that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a). Branch, proceeding with counsel, sued The Ohio State University, the university hospital and several of its subdivisions, individual hospital employees, and the state of Ohio, claiming multiple instances of employment discrimination based on her race, her disability, and in retaliation for seeking legal redress. She also claimed that the defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in denying her promotions and constructively discharging her. Upon the defendants’ motion, the district court dismissed Branch’s disability-based and retaliation-based claims against the university, its hospital, the university medical center, the cancer hospital and research center, and the individual employees named in the suit. The court dismissed Branch’s Title VII claims against the individual employees but denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss Branch’s § 1983 claims against the individual defen…
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