Judge Dismisses Pro Se Litigant’s Title IX Lawsuit, Applying Doctrine of Res Judicata

A federal judge from the Middle District of Florida has dismissed a Title IX lawsuit brought by a pro se litigant against Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and several individual defendants after she failed to respond to their motion to dismiss.   Plaintiff L. Yvonne Brown, who was dismissed from the basketball team, sued FGCU and others on Oct. 26, 2018, alleging that they, by dismissing her from the team based on academic ineligibility and without due process, violated Title IX.