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Defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and supporting brief - title VII - Federal Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
_________________ DISTRICT OF TEXAS
_____________ DIVISION
Plaintiff
v.
Defendant
§§§§§§§§§
Civil Action No. _______________
DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER
JURISDICTION OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM
UPON WHICH RELIEF CAN BE GRANTED, AND SUPPORTING BRIEF
Defendant files this motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, or alternatively, for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Defendant filed an appendix in support of this motion to dismiss contemporaneously with the filing of the motion (“Appendix”).
I. Summary of Plaintiff’s Claims
Plaintiff seeks to bring this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Defendant employed plaintiff as a _______________ for _______________ in _______________ and discharged him/her effective _______________. Plaintiff asserts that Defendant violated Title VII by allegedly discharging him/her on the basis of his/her gender (male/female). He/She further alleges that he/she filed a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission and that he/she filed this action in a timely manner.
Grounds of Motion
The Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction of this action or, alternatively, the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Before plaintiff may file a civil action in federal court under Title VII, he/she must exhaust his/her administrative remedies, which include filing a charge of discrimination with the EEOC within a certain time after the alleged violations occurred and then filing suit within 90 days after receiving a right to sue notice from the agency. The complaint discloses that plaintiff received a notice of right to file a civil action from the Texas Commission on Human Rights, not the EEOC. Therefore, plaintiff filed suit in the wrong forum. This Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction by reason of his/her failure to exhaust administrative remedies before the EEOC. Alternatively, plaintiff has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted because he/she failed to perform all conditions precedent to the filing of this action.
Argument and Authorities
A motion under Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 12 (b)(1) should be granted if it appears that the plaintiff cannot prove any set of facts in support of his/her claim that would entitle him/her to relief. See Home Builders Ass’n. Of Mississippi., Inc. v. City of Madison, Miss., 143 F.3d. 1006, 1010 (5th Cir. 1998). Analysis of a Rule 12(b)(1) motion is made under the same standard as a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6). See Montgomery v. The United States Army Corp. of Engineers, 128 F. Supp. 2d 433, 435 (S. D. Tex. 2001). The Court must take as true all of the complaint’s factual allegations. See The John Corp. v. City of Houston, 214 F.3d 573, 576 (5th Cir. 2000). The Court may order dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the basis of (1) the complaint alone; (2) the complaint supplemented by undisputed facts in the record; or (3) the complaint supplemented by undisputed facts plus the Court’s resolution of...
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- Substantive
- Notice of intent to use discovery products
- Plaintiff's original petition
- Petition to compel arbitration (State Court)
- General complete release in favor of defendant (with mutuality option)
- Defendant's standard brief in support of motion to compel arbitration, dismiss and stay proceedings (State Court)
- Motion to compel arbitration, dismiss, and stay (State Court)
- Defendant's standard brief in support of motion to stay pending arbitration (Federal Court)
- Settlement agreement and release (includes owbpa language)
- Affidavit - Discovery Authentication
- Motion to stay pending arbitration, alternatively motion to dismiss (Federal Court)
- Special exception & answer (State Court)
- Defendant's motion for summary judgment: mitigation of damages
- Separation and release agreement (for unrepresented employee)
- Consolidation Motion (Fed.)
- Unopposed Mtn Expedite 5th Cir. Appeal
- Brief supporting MTN to expedite appeal
- Brief for emer. MTN for temp stay pend appeal to fifth circuit
- Emergency MTN for temp stay pending appeal to 5th CIR
- AFFIDAVIT-Business Records
- Opposition to MTN. To vacate arbitration award; MTN and brief to confirm arbitration award
- Order granting objections to summary judgment evidence
- AFFIDAVIT - Authentication of deposition excerpts
- Defendant's motion for summary judgment: after-acquired evidence, wrongful discharge, constructive discharge, IIED, retaliation, whistleblowing
- Response to EEOC Charge of Discrimination
- Joinder in/ consent to removal
- Plaintiff’s Original Petition-Sabine Pilot/Refusal to Perform Illegal Act
- Plaintiff's original petition-FMLA, ADEA
- Plaintiff's brief in support of motion for summary judgment-adea-federal court
- Plaintiff's petition - employment agreement - FRAUD
- Plaintiff's petition - workers' compensation retaliation
- Plaintiff's letter brief-gender discrimination-cat's paw doctrine
- Plaintiff's response to defendant employer's motion for summary judgment - workers' compensation retaliation case
- Defendant's plea to jurisdiction
- Defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and supporting brief - title VII - Federal Court
- Order of dismissal
- Amended complaint - TCHRA - age discrimination
- Motion for summary judgment (by employer) for false imprisonment and breach of contract
- Plaintiff's motion to dismiss pursuant to settlement
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