Status as Pro Se Litigant Gets Game Official Benefit of the Doubt in Discrimination Case

A federal judge from the Eastern District of California has left the proverbial door open for a game official to pursue a federal claim of discrimination against a school district. However, the court closed the door on the plaintiff’s two state law claims, granting the school district’s respective motions to dismiss.   Game official James M. Lanier alleged racially discriminatory attitudes and conduct by school officials within the Clovis Unified School District, which purportedly preve