A California federal judge turned down an aspiring nursing student’s putative class action alleging she lost out on a training program because of an improper background check, and deemed her unqualified to serve as class representative because of her run-ins with the law.
Astrailia Dunford had accused American DataBank LLC of contributing to her rejection by San Diego City College’s nursing program because its pre-employment screening firm reported, along with seven mostly misdemeanor criminal convictions, several old charges against her that had been dismissed. As sole plaintiff, her complaint, Dunford v. American DataBank, filed in June 2013 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleged the inclusion of the time-barred dismissed charges violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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