Free Motion to Dismiss - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
1 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, : ’
Defendant : JANUARY 13, 2004 1
1 DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AMENDED COMPLAINT
1 Pursuant to Rules l2(b)(l) and 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the 1
1 defendant hereby moves the court to dismiss this action for the following reasons:
1. The plaintiffs Title VII action against individual defendants does not state a 1
viable legal claim;
1 2. The plaintiffs § 1981 claims against the State of Connecticut, Department of 1
1 Correction are barred by the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; and
1 3. The plaintiffs claims against individual defendants for negligent infliction of 1 1
1 emotional distress are barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. 1
1 The Court should be aware that this is the Second Motion to Dismiss filed to address the
§ 1981 and negligent infliction of emotional distress claims. The defendants refer the Court to
its earlier ruling in this case.
1 The defendant has filed a memorandum of law in support of its Motion to Dismiss
1 1 Amended Complaint.
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DEFENDANT,
` I STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION I
l q RICHARD BLUMENTHAL
i ATTORNEY GENERAL
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· sistant Attorney General
I ederal Bar No. 16515
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Fax: (860) 808-5383 I
Email: [email protected]
CERTIFICATION I

I hereby certify that a copy ofthe foregoing Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Amended
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_ Complaint, was mailed this 13"' day of January, 2004, first class postage prepaid to: 4
W. Martyn Philpot, Jr., Esq. I
Marc L. Glenn. Esq. g
W. Martyn Philpot, Jr., LLC
I 409 Orange Street
New Haven, CT 06511-6406
Eunice Smith
P. O. Box 975
Hartford, CT 06143 xv
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