Supplemental Jurisdiction – Title IX Violation

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Michelle Jauquet v. Green Bay Area Catholic Education, Inc.,

Case No.: 20-2803

Officials: RIPPLE, HAMILTON, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Supplemental Jurisdiction – Title IX Violation  

Before the arrival of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, Plaintiff Michelle Jauquet’s daughter, “Student A,” was already experiencing an exceedingly difficult eighth grade year at Notre Dame of De Pere Catholic Middle School in Wisconsin. One of her classmates, “Student B,” repeatedly and inappropriately targeted Student A with sexually suggestive harassment beginning in the fall of 2019 and continuing into the spring of 2020. As a result of this bullying, Jauquet brought this suit on behalf of herself and her daughter, alleging Title IX violations by the operator of the students’ school, Defendant Green Bay Area Catholic Education, Inc. (“GRACE”), as well as breach of contract and negligence claims under Wisconsin state law. The district court dismissed Plaintiffs’ Title IX claim with prejudice for failing to state a claim and declined to continue exercising supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims. This appeal followed.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is Associate Corporate Counsel, IP at Amazon.