Appalachian School of Law has fired back at a former visiting professor suing the school, arguing in a bid to dismiss that a student who the professor claims was sexually harassing her was simply “obnoxious.”

In its motion to dismiss the federal lawsuit filed July 7, the law school argued that Hillary Lynne Burgess' claims are full of speculation and allegations of sexual harassment, breach of contract, and retaliation, but lacking in actual evidence of any such violations. Her complaint is “often repetitive and contradictory,” and her claims come down to “naked assumptions,” reads the motion to dismiss, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

“These allegations are simply insufficient to sustain plaintiff's claims and the complaint should be dismissed with prejudice,” it says.