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Report and Recommendations
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS regarding 28 MOTION for Leave to File First Amended Complaint filed by Marie-Saurelle Vertus, 21 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Capacity in Accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Rule 17 filed by Southern University Law Center, 26 MOTION to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim filed by Andrea Love, 29 MOTION for Leave to File First Amended Complaint to Add Southern University's Board of Supervisors as an Additional Defendant filed by Marie-Saurelle Vertus. It is the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge that Southern University Law Center's and Southern University A&M College's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Capacity in Accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Rule 17 (R. Doc. 21) be GRANTED, with Southern University Law Center and Southern University A&M College to be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED that Marie-Saurelle Vertus' Motions for Leave to File First Amended Complaint to Add Southern's Board of Supervisors as an Additional Defendant (R. Docs. 28, 29) be DENIED AS FUTILE. IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED that Andrea Love's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(B)(6) (R. Doc. 26) be GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART, DISMISSING ANDREA LOVE and the IIED claim WITHOUT PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED that Plaintiff be afforded LEAVE TO AMEND within FOURTEEN (14) DAYS of the adoption of this Report and Recommendation, with Andrea Love to be dismissed with prejudice if Plaintiff fails to cure the above-mentioned deficiencies regarding her IIED claim against Andrea Love. IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED that any renewed motion for leave should also address (1) whether this Court should retain jurisdiction over the remaining state law claim, having dismissed all federal causes of action, or (2) whether some independent basis of federal jurisdiction, such as diversity of citizenship (and amount in controversy), would be present in a between Plaintiff and Andrea Love. Objections to R&R due by 7/22/2026. Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. on 7/8/2026. (EDC)
Memorandum in Opposition to Motion
MEMORANDUM in Opposition to 26 MOTION to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim filed by Marie-Saurelle Vertus. (EDC)
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