Case: Junior Doe v. Allentown School District
2:06-cv-01926 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Filed Date: May 5, 2006
Closed Date: 2016
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Case Summary
On May 5, 2006, plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of their children, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Allentown School District ("ASD"), Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc. ("LVH"), and various other parties including a minor student. The plaintiffs alleged they were sexually harassed at school and that the district officials failed to provide the plaintiffs, six- and seven-year-old African American students, with the same adequate levels of protective services, procedures, and policies they provided to other students. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged the defendants' actions violated their Due Process and Equal Protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1988, and various state law claims such as intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The plaintiffs sought compensatory and injunctive relief.
On September 21, 2007, the Court (Judge Thomas M. Golden) issued an opinion granting defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1985, and 1986, and the Equal Protection Clause, as well as the plaintiffs' claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress as to the employees of Allentown School District and Lehigh Valley Hospital and intentional infliction of emotional distress as to Allentown School District. 2007 WL 2814587. The Court (Judge Thomas M. Golden) denied the plaintiffs' motion to reconsider the previous dismissal of their Equal Protection Clause claims on September 23, 2008. 2008 WL 4427136.
On April 21, 2009, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint to include an additional minor plaintiff and a sex discrimination claim pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681.
The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed a motion for leave to intervene solely against ASD pursuant to Title IX on June 18, 2009, which the Court granted. 2009 WL 2058726. The DOJ alleged that sexual harassment occurred at ASD on at least five separate occasions, that ASD was made aware of each incident immediately after it occurred, and that despite this notice, ASD did not take appropriate action, and in some circumstances took no action, to prevent the harassment from recurring. The DOJ alleged, in addition, that, both before and after the sexual harassment of the students, ASD failed to adopt and implement adequate and effective sexual harassment policies and procedure as required by federal law and that, had ASD adopted and implemented such policies and procedures, ASD would have prevented the continued sexual harassment of students. Id.
The plaintiffs filed their final amended complaint, adding another minor plaintiff as a party, on August 3, 2011. The Court (Judge Paul S. Diamond) dismissed LVH without prejudice on January 20, 2012 and severed plaintiffs' lawsuit from plaintiff-intervenors' lawsuit on March 13, 2012. The plaintiffs' claims against ASD were dismissed without prejudice in an order acknowledging, but not specifying, the terms of the parties' settlement by the Court (Judge Diamond) on July 16, 2012.
On July 30, 2012, the court approved a consent decree between the DOJ and ASD providing for substantial systemic relief, including the creation and implementation of new sexual harassment policies and age-appropriate sexual harassment training for students, parents, and staff. Effective July 30, 2015, the consent decree was extended until July 30, 2016. The consent decree was extended for an additional year on August 17, 2016.
There has been no additional activity, and the case now appears closed.
Summary Authors
Heather Turner (6/3/2014)
Mackenzie Walz (11/8/2017)
People
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ABDULALEEM, RAHEEMAH F. (Pennsylvania)
Adler, Sanford Marshall (Pennsylvania)
AMERICA, UNITED STATES (Pennsylvania)
AMOROSA, JUDITH A. (Pennsylvania)
Atchison, Daryl A. (Pennsylvania)
Baxter, Derek J. (Pennsylvania)
CARR, WILLIAM L. (Pennsylvania)
Collingsworth, Terrence P. (Pennsylvania)
Fryszman, Agnieszka M. (Pennsylvania)
Gleason, Edward M. (Pennsylvania)
Hanania, Maher Hanna (Pennsylvania)
Hausfeld, Michael David (Pennsylvania)
Keough, Christopher L. (Pennsylvania)
Konopka, Kathleen M. (Pennsylvania)
Landau, Brent W. (Pennsylvania)
Levesque, Christian Alexandra (Pennsylvania)
LEWIS, MARIA L. (Pennsylvania)
Maassarani, Tarek Farouk (Pennsylvania)
McOwen, Maureen E. (Pennsylvania)
MILLER, GREGORY P. (Pennsylvania)
Ogletree, Charles J. (Pennsylvania)
Peterson, Marka Ann (Pennsylvania)
Pfeiffer, James L. (Pennsylvania)
Rush, Blake William (Pennsylvania)
Scherer, William R. (Pennsylvania)
Sellers, Joseph M. (Pennsylvania)
ABDULALEEM, RAHEEMAH F. (Pennsylvania)
Adler, Sanford Marshall (Pennsylvania)
AMERICA, UNITED STATES (Pennsylvania)
AMOROSA, JUDITH A. (Pennsylvania)
Atchison, Daryl A. (Pennsylvania)
BECKER, SUSAN R. (Pennsylvania)
BELLAMY, LISA LYNN (Pennsylvania)
BERNSTEIN, RICHARD M. (Pennsylvania)
Beyer, Patricia Nicole (Pennsylvania)
BISCEGLIE, KYLE C. (Pennsylvania)
BOND, REBECCA B. (Pennsylvania)
Bondada, Kavitha (Pennsylvania)
Bowden, Constance M. (Pennsylvania)
BRICKLIN, SUSAN DEIN (Pennsylvania)
BRITT, STEPHEN J. (Pennsylvania)
BROWN, STEPHEN D. (Pennsylvania)
CALHOUN, CHARLES L (Pennsylvania)
Campbell, Marcus D (Pennsylvania)
CAMPBELL, BRITTNEY N. (Pennsylvania)
CAMPION, MICHAEL E. (Pennsylvania)
Carson, Dylan Matthew (Pennsylvania)
CHERICO, COLIN MICHAEL (Pennsylvania)
Chilakamarri, Varu (Pennsylvania)
CLARK, JAMES B. (Pennsylvania)
Clarke, R. Scott (Pennsylvania)
COHEN, PHYLLIS M (Pennsylvania)
Colville, Michael (Pennsylvania)
COMBS, TAMMY OWENS (Pennsylvania)
Concepcion, Hilda M (Pennsylvania)
Conrath, Craig William (Pennsylvania)
COOPER, LINDSEY W. (Pennsylvania)
Cosentino, Michael (Pennsylvania)
CRUTCHLOW, JOHN T. (Pennsylvania)
DAVID, GREGORY B. (Pennsylvania)
Deese, Crystal S. (Pennsylvania)
DEGNAN, DAVID ANDREW (Pennsylvania)
DELANEY, SHEILA K. (Pennsylvania)
DICKEY, MELISSA L. (Pennsylvania)
Dinnell, Adam M. (Pennsylvania)
Dunn, Lindsay C. (Pennsylvania)
EATON, JOSHUA H. (Pennsylvania)
Eberhardt, Robert L. (Pennsylvania)
Edgar, William C. (Pennsylvania)
EICHNER, JAMES A. (Pennsylvania)
Elliott, Nicole M. (Pennsylvania)
ENTWISTLE, ANN F. (Pennsylvania)
ESPOSITO, BETH A. (Pennsylvania)
Eyes, Megan Hoyt (Pennsylvania)
Farrell, Megan E. (Pennsylvania)
FINKELSTEIN, VERONICA JANE (Pennsylvania)
Fisher, Marc S. (Pennsylvania)
Fitzpatrick, Amy Ryan (Pennsylvania)
Freund, John E. III (Pennsylvania)
Friday, Kimberly (Pennsylvania)
Fruchter, Daniel Hugo (Pennsylvania)
FRYE, MARY CATHERINE (Pennsylvania)
FULLMER, CHARLENE KELLER (Pennsylvania)
GARRETT, JENIGH J (Pennsylvania)
Geckos, Marietta (Pennsylvania)
GIBSON, VIRGINIA A. (Pennsylvania)
Gillingham, James Garland (Pennsylvania)
GIVHAN, ANNETTA FOSTER (Pennsylvania)
Glazer, David Bernard (Pennsylvania)
GOLDSTEIN, ROSS S. (Pennsylvania)
Guanowsky, Glenn (Pennsylvania)
GURAK, SHARON M. (Pennsylvania)
Hare, Scott Michael (Pennsylvania)
Harlow, James William (Pennsylvania)
HEIDRICH, KELLY E. (Pennsylvania)
Heipp, Justin T. (Pennsylvania)
Hoffman, Steven E. (Pennsylvania)
Houghton, Mary McKeen (Pennsylvania)
Hubbert, David A. (Pennsylvania)
Hudak, Brian P. (Pennsylvania)
Hudson, Eric Alan (Pennsylvania)
HUGHES, JOHN B. (Pennsylvania)
Hunter, Jeffrey L. (Pennsylvania)
HUTCHINSON, MARGARET L. (Pennsylvania)
IGNALL, DAVID J. (Pennsylvania)
Interrante, John G. (Pennsylvania)
JACOBUS, RICHARD G. (Pennsylvania)
Jaworski, Thomas J. (Pennsylvania)
JAWORSKI, MYRIAH VALENTINA (Pennsylvania)
Johnson, Wyneva (Pennsylvania)
JOHNSON, THOMAS F. (Pennsylvania)
JOSEPH, JOHN N. (Pennsylvania)
Joyce, Barry James (Pennsylvania)
Jr, Charles Wendlandt (Pennsylvania)
JR., RICHARD MENTZINGER (Pennsylvania)
JR., ANTHONY J. (Pennsylvania)
JR., WILLIAM BRADLEY (Pennsylvania)
Kantor, Ryan M. (Pennsylvania)
KATINSKY, DAVID MARTIN (Pennsylvania)
KAUFMAN, PAUL W. (Pennsylvania)
KEAST, SARAH S. (Pennsylvania)
KENNEBREW, DELORA L. (Pennsylvania)
Kern, Charles Douglas (Pennsylvania)
Kincheloe, Richard A. (Pennsylvania)
Kircher, Philip G. (Pennsylvania)
Kirkwood, Koleen (Pennsylvania)
Kollet, Catherine L. (Pennsylvania)
KREINDLER, MITCHELL R. (Pennsylvania)
KURLAND, AMY L. (Pennsylvania)
Lambert, E. Christopher (Pennsylvania)
Lang, K. Michael (Pennsylvania)
Lee, Lynn Yuhee (Pennsylvania)
Leonard, Jacqueline Margaret (Pennsylvania)
LLORET, RICHARD A. (Pennsylvania)
MACCOON, JOHN P. (Pennsylvania)
MACKO, MICHAEL S. (Pennsylvania)
MAGNANINI, ROBERT A. (Pennsylvania)
Maier, Peter Rolf (Pennsylvania)
MARK, NICOLE R. (Pennsylvania)
MARSH, PAMELA COTHRAN (Pennsylvania)
Matelson, Bennett Jorg (Pennsylvania)
Matthew-Daniel, Eyitayo Oritsematosan (Pennsylvania)
Mauro, Thomas A. (Pennsylvania)
MAY, MARILYN S. (Pennsylvania)
MCCABE, BRIAN JAMES (Pennsylvania)
McConnell, Sean Patrick (Pennsylvania)
McGonigal, Alan G. (Pennsylvania)
MCKEEVER, MICHAEL T. (Pennsylvania)
McNeil, Ronald M. (Pennsylvania)
MEEHAN, PATRICK L. (Pennsylvania)
Morgan, Keith V. (Pennsylvania)
MORGAN, MICHELLE (Pennsylvania)
Mroczek, Cara M. (Pennsylvania)
Mucchetti, Peter Joseph (Pennsylvania)
Musallam, Samer Makram (Pennsylvania)
Nolan, Andrew L. (Pennsylvania)
Oberdick, David G. (Pennsylvania)
Olexa, Georgine A. (Pennsylvania)
OLIPHANT, DARA B (Pennsylvania)
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PAVLOCK, JAMES R. (Pennsylvania)
Pineda, Christopher D (Pennsylvania)
POWEL, VIRGINIA R. (Pennsylvania)
Powell, William J. (Pennsylvania)
PUTIGNANO, PETER JOSEPH (Pennsylvania)
Quinlan, Tracy A. (Pennsylvania)
Ralston, Andrew H. (Pennsylvania)
REID, SCOTT WEBSTER (Pennsylvania)
ROMERO, JACQUELINE CHRISTINE (Pennsylvania)
Rosenthal, Herbert A. (Pennsylvania)
RUSS, JOHN ALBERT (Pennsylvania)
Russell, W. Bradley (Pennsylvania)
Saltiel, Steven J. (Pennsylvania)
Schollaert, Albert W. (Pennsylvania)
Schonbachler, Katharine (Pennsylvania)
SELLERS, CATHERINE N. (Pennsylvania)
SHEEHAN, JAMES G. (Pennsylvania)
SHORE, ELISE SANDRA (Pennsylvania)
SHUTLER, SHARON K. (Pennsylvania)
Siegel, Matthew David (Pennsylvania)
Simpson, W. Scott (Pennsylvania)
Sindel, Patricia Leigh (Pennsylvania)
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Skirtich, Paul E. (Pennsylvania)
SMITH, STACEY L.B. (Pennsylvania)
SOTO, ESTEBAN S.M. (Pennsylvania)
Sprague, Peleg (Massachusetts)
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Sroka, Scott Leeson (Pennsylvania)
Stevens, Howard S. (Pennsylvania)
STEVENS, RICHARD F. (Pennsylvania)
STILES, MICHAEL R. (Pennsylvania)
STONE, DAVID S. (Pennsylvania)
Strup, Nathan L. (Pennsylvania)
SULLIVAN, GERALD B. (Pennsylvania)
Tarlov, Yvette F. (Pennsylvania)
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TAYLOR, CLAIRE H. (Pennsylvania)
TERRY, L. TIMOTHY (Pennsylvania)
Thompson, Tony J. (Pennsylvania)
Truong, John Cuong (Pennsylvania)
Valdez, Darrell C. (Pennsylvania)
Valerino, Gary J. (Pennsylvania)
Vanderhook, Katherine L. (Pennsylvania)
Vishio, Miriam Rose (Pennsylvania)
WAGNER, LORI K. (Pennsylvania)
Walker, Katherine M. (Pennsylvania)
Warner, Eric Paxton (Pennsylvania)
WARNER, KATHLEEN (Pennsylvania)
Warshawsky, John (Pennsylvania)
Welsh, Eric Damian (Pennsylvania)
Williamson, Christopher J. (Pennsylvania)
Wisecup, Jason L. (Pennsylvania)
WODATCH, JOHN L. (Pennsylvania)
WOLFE, KATHLEEN P. (Pennsylvania)
WONG, SHERRA TINYI (Pennsylvania)
Bhargava, Anurima (District of Columbia)
Brown, Allison R. (District of Columbia)
Caffrey, Thomas M. (Pennsylvania)
Daley, Michael P (Pennsylvania)
Devine, Kathleen Susan (District of Columbia)
Foster Givhan, Annetta (Pennsylvania)
Frizzelle, Amanda Downs (District of Columbia)
Kelly, Elizabeth M. (Pennsylvania)
Levy, Michael L. (Pennsylvania)
Memeger, Zane D. (Pennsylvania)
Michaud, Melissa Julia (District of Columbia)
Murphy, Nicholas U. (District of Columbia)
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Docket
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Last updated June 15, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
Case Details
State / Territory:
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: May 5, 2006
Closing Date: 2016
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Plaintiffs: John and Jane Does, individually and on behalf of minor sons, Junior Does; plaintiff-intervenor: Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Plaintiff Type(s):
U.S. Dept of Justice plaintiff
Attorney Organizations:
U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Private Entity/Person
Lehigh Valley Hospital. Inc. (def)
School District
Allentown School District
Defendant Type(s):
Facility Type(s):
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq.
Constitutional Clause(s):
Other Dockets:
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2:06-cv-01926
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed
Relief Granted:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Content of Injunction:
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Goals (e.g., for hiring, admissions)
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Order Duration: 2012 - 2017
Issues
General/Misc.:
Access to lawyers or judicial system
Assault/abuse by residents/inmates/students
Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages)
Discrimination Basis:
Affected Race(s):
Affected Sex/Gender(s):
Case Summary of Junior Doe v. Allentown School District, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/13636/ (last updated 11/8/2017).