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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
 

WESTERN DIVISION
 

MTATUM STOCKMON PLAINTIFF 

v. Case No. 4:10-cv-201-DPM 

CHAIRMAN, UAMS Pathology Department; 

SUE SCOTT, Clinical Lab Coordinator; 

KATHY JONES, Histology Lab Supervisor; 

PRESIDENT, UAMS; UAMS HUMAN 

RESOURCES/pERSONNEL DEPARTMENT; 

and OTHER APPROPRIATE 

REPRESENTATIVES DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

The Court granted Stockmon leave to file an amended complaint to 

name the correct defendant(s) in this Title VII action. Stockmon has since filed 

an amended complaint, naming various DAMS employees, supervisors, and 

officers. But"individual employees" and "supervisors" cannot be held 

individually liable under Title VII. McCullough v. University ofArkansas for 

Medical Sciences, 559 F.3d 855, 860 n.2 (8th Cir. 2009); Bonomolo-Hagen v. Clay 

Central-Everly Community School Dist., 121 F.3d 446, 447 (8th Cir. 1997). And 

as the Court pointed out in its order granting Stockmon leave to amend her 

complaint, DAMS lacks the capacity to sue or be sued. Assaad-Faltas v. 

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University ofArkansas for Medical Sciences, 708 F. Supp. 1026, 1029 (E.D. Ark. 

1989), affd, 902 F.2d 1572 (8th Cir. 1990) (table). The Defendants are correct: 

the proper defendant here is either the University of Arkansas or the 

University of Arkansas's Board of Trustees. 

Because Stockmon has failed to sue a proper defendant, the Court 

grants the Defendants' motion to dismiss the amended complaint, Document 

No. 20. Stockmon's amended complaint is dismissed without prejudice 

because it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Fed. R. Civ. 

P.12(b)(6). UAMS's earlier motion to dismiss, Document No. 11, is denied as 

moot. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr.
 

United States District Judge
 

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