The South Texas College of Law—Houston did not discriminate against a black law librarian who the school dismissed in 2014, a federal judge in Texas has ruled.
Judge Lee Rosenthal of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Monday granted the law school summary judgment in plaintiff Joseph Kelly Plumbar’s racial discrimination and retaliation suit. Rosenthal found that Plumbar did not offer sufficient evidence that his job was given to someone outside a protected class. Moreover, the school provided evidence that Plumbar’s job was eliminated because of a larger anticipated budget shortfall. His position was one of several cuts made across the law school, with three other positions also eliminated, according to Rosenthal’s opinion.
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