Football Players Survive College’s Motion to Dismiss in Discrimination Case

A federal judge from the Eastern District of California has denied a community college’s motion to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit brought by several African American football players, finding sufficient substance in the claims to sustain the lawsuit.   The ruling subsequently led the Board of Trustees for the defendant, the Feather River Community College District (FRC), to authorize the college’s president to settle the lawsuit.   Plaintiffs Emory Boyd Jr., Quinton Hancock and N