IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

MAXWELL A. AMOAKO, )

)

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) C.A. K24C-03-026 NEP

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CLAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, )

DANIEL HUME, )

PROVIDENCE CREEK ACADEMY, and )

DENISE STOUFFER, )

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Defendants. )

Submitted: May 15, 2024

Decided: July 31, 2024

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Upon Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment

DENIED

Upon Defendants Daniel Hume and the Town of Clayton’s Motion to Dismiss

GRANTED

Upon Defendants Providence Creek Academy and Denise Stouffer’s Motion to 

Dismiss

GRANTED

Upon Plaintiff’s Motion to Include Son as Plaintiff

DENIED
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Maxwell A. Amoako, Dover, Delaware, Plaintiff (Self-Represented). 

James D. Taylor, Esquire, Jessica M. Jones, Esquire, and Juliana G. Clifton, Esquire, 

Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Defendants Providence 

Creek Academy and Denise Stouffer. 

Daniel A. Griffith, Esquire, and Thomas Wallace, Esquire, Whiteford, Taylor & 

Preston LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Defendants the Town of Clayton 

and Daniel Hume. 

Primos, J. 
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I. INTRODUCTION1

Plaintiff Maxwell Amoako (“Amoako”) is a parent of two children, a daughter 

and a son, who attend Defendant Providence Creek Academy (“PCA”). PCA is a 

public charter school in Clayton, Delaware. Defendant Daniel Hume (“Hume”) is a 

corporal employed by the Town of Clayton, Delaware,

2

and works as a resource 

officer at PCA. Defendant Denise Stouffer (“Stouffer”) is the Principal/Head of 

School of PCA. PCA and Stouffer are referenced herein collectively as “the PCA 

Defendants.” The Town of Clayton and Hume are referenced herein collectively as 

“the Clayton Defendants.” 

Before the Court are four motions and their responses, respectively. Amoako 

has filed a motion for default judgment and a motion to include his son as a plaintiff. 

The Clayton Defendants and the PCA Defendants have each filed motions to 

dismiss. 

Default judgment against the Clayton Defendants is DENIED because those 

defendants had entered an appearance in this case before the motion for default 

judgment was filed. Both motions to dismiss are GRANTED because Amoako’s

claims are not reasonably conceivable. Amoako’s motion to amend his complaint 

to include his son as a plaintiff is DENIED as futile. 

1 Citations in the form of “Ex. __ at __” refer to the exhibits accompanying the complaint. 

Citations in the form of “D.I. __” or “(D.I. __)” refer to docket items. 

2 The complaint erroneously designates the “Clayton Police Department” as Hume’s employer.

For purposes of the motions, the Town of Clayton will be considered the appropriate defendant. 
4

II. BACKGROUND3

A. FACTS

On October 29, 2021, Amoako’s five-year-old son, L.A.,

4

then in 

kindergarten at PCA, was supposed to go to aftercare; however, L.A. was 

erroneously placed on a school bus by an art teacher.

5

 Although L.A. told the teacher

that he was not supposed to be on the bus, the teacher forced him to get on the bus, 

and as a result, L.A. remained unattended at a bus stop in rain and heavy wind and 

was missing for over two hours.6 On November 1, 2021, Amoako sent an email to 

Stouffer voicing his concern, requesting an investigation, and seeking clarity.7 

Deeply troubled from this incident, Amoako decided to pick up his children

personally from aftercare thereafter for their safety and well-being.8 

3 The following recitation of the facts is drawn from the complaint and the exhibits thereto, which 

consist of certain email exchanges. See Compl. (D.I. 1) ¶ 3.2 (citing Ex. A); id. ¶ 3.8 (citing Ex. 

B); id. ¶ 3.12 (citing Ex. C). The Delaware Supreme Court has made clear that materials that are 

neither attached to, nor incorporated by reference into, a complaint may not be considered in ruling 

on a motion to dismiss pursuant to Superior Court Civil Rule 12(b)(6) without converting the 

motion into one for summary judgment. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. AIG Life Ins., 860 A.2d 312, 320 

(Del. 2004). Here, however, the email exchanges in question are both attached to the complaint 

and referenced as exhibits. Cf. e4e, Inc. v. Sircar, 2003 WL 22455847, at *3 (Del. Ch. Oct. 9, 

2003) (noting that the document in question was neither attached to complaint nor incorporated by 

reference but was considered in context of motion to dismiss because it was extensively referenced 

in and integral to complaint). Although Amoako did not expressly incorporate these exhibits by 

reference into his complaint or significantly refer to them therein, the fact that they are attached 

and referenced as exhibits leads this Court to the conclusion that it should consider them in 

deciding the motions to dismiss, particularly in light of the liberal construction to be afforded pro 

se pleadings, see footnote 35 below, and that it need not convert the motions to dismiss to motions 

for summary judgment pursuant to Superior Court Civil Rule 12(b). 

4 Although Amoako’s son, a non-party minor, is named in two of the exhibits to the complaint and 

in Amoako’s motion to include him as a plaintiff, the Court has chosen to refer to him by his initials 

to protect his privacy. Cf. Supr. Ct. R. 7(d) (pseudonyms used in Court’s discretion to protect 

identity of non-parties). 

5 Compl. ¶¶ 3.8, 3.9; see also Ex. B at 1. 

6 Compl. ¶¶ 3.8, 3.9. 

7

See generally Ex. B. 

8 Compl. ¶ 3.10. 
5

At an unspecified time, likely during the 2022–2023 school year, L.A. was 

erroneously placed in an “English learner” class despite being born in the United 

States and being a native English speaker.9 On June 7, 2023, Amoako sent an email 

to Stouffer voicing his concern regarding the educational misidentification and 

misclassification of his children and specifically L.A.’s misidentification as an 

English learner.

10

 The issue was promptly resolved before the beginning of the 

2023–2024 school year, as Amoako had requested.11 

On November 2, 2023, a PCA teacher falsely accused Amoako’s daughter of 

stealing.12 

On March 12, 2024, Amoako arrived at PCA after normal school hours to pick 

up his children in the aftercare line at the lower school, as he had been doing twice 

a week for seven months in accordance with a “previous arrangement made between 

[him] and aftercare.”

13

 To his surprise, however, the pick-up routine had changed.

14

 

Amoako was met by Hume, who accused him of trespassing, demanded 

identification, and threatened to arrest him.15 When Stouffer found out that there 

was an unhappy parent outside, she left a meeting to address the matter.

16

 Upon 

arrival, she indicated that she knew that Amoako was a parent, but could not recall 

his name.17 Later that evening, Amoako sent an email to Stouffer voicing his 

9

Id. ¶ 3.12. 

10 Ex. C at 1–4. 

11 See generally id. 

12 Compl. ¶ 3.11. 

13 Ex. A at 1. See also id. at 2–3; Compl. ¶ 3.1. 

14 Ex. A at 1. Amoako alleges that he never received any communication about it, even though an 

email had been forwarded to all parents via Dojo regarding this issue. E.g., id. at 2–3. 

15 Compl. ¶¶ 3.2–.3. 

16 Ex. A at 3–4. Apparently, it was the dean of students who informed Stouffer, not Hume. Id. at 

4. 

17 Id. at 1, 4. 
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feelings and concerns.

18

 Throughout the ensuing days, the parties spoke and 

continued to exchange emails to try to air out the tension.

19

 This suit followed. 

B. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 21, 2024, Amoako filed a pro se complaint against Defendants.

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The complaint designates four counts: 

Count 1 – illegal search and seizure of Amoako’s person, against the 

Clayton Defendants; 

Count 2 – violation of equal protection, against both sets of 

Defendants; 

Count 3 – failure to train and supervise employees, against the PCA 

Defendants; and 

Count 4 – failure to properly assess and place students, against PCA.21

Amoako requests compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive relief,22 and 

reasonable costs incurred for filing fees and loss of income.23 On March 25, 2024, 

service of the complaint was effected upon all Defendants.24 On March 26, 2024, 

counsel entered an appearance for the Clayton Defendants.

25

 On April 12, 2024, 

separate counsel entered an appearance for the PCA Defendants.

26

 

On April 15, 2024, the PCA Defendants filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to 

Delaware Superior Court Civil Rule 12(b)(6) (“Rule 12(b)(6)”) for failure to state a 

18 Id. at 1. 

19 See generally id. at 1–5. 

20 Compl. ¶¶ 1.1–1.6. 

21 Id. ¶¶ 4.1–4.4. 

22 Although this request for relief is rendered moot by the Court’s decision on these motions, the 

Court would have been unable to grant injunctive relief in any event. 10 Del. C. § 341; see, e.g., 

Alpha Builders, Inc. v. Sullivan, 2004 WL 2694917, at *2 (Del. Ch. Nov. 5, 2004). 

23 Id. ¶¶ 5.1–5.5. 

24 D.I. 3–6. 

25 D.I. 7. 

26 D.I. 8. 
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claim upon which relief can be granted.

27

 The next day, on April 16, 2024, Amoako 

filed a motion for default judgment.28 

On April 17, 2024, new counsel entered an appearance on behalf of the 

Clayton Defendants.

29

 On April 23, 2024, Amoako filed a motion to include his son 

as a plaintiff.30 That same day, the Clayton Defendants filed a motion to dismiss

pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6).

31

The Court is now ready to render decisions on the four motions before it. 

III. STANDARD OF REVIEW

When the Court reviews a motion to dismiss, it must:

(1) accept all well pleaded factual allegations as true, (2) accept even 

vague allegations as “well pleaded” if they give the opposing party 

notice of the claim, (3) draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the 

non-moving party, and (4) [ ] not affirm a dismissal unless the plaintiff 

would not be entitled to recover under any reasonably conceivable set 

of circumstances.32 

27 Defs. Providence Creek Academy’s and Denise Stouffer’s Mot. to Dismiss (D.I. 9) [hereinafter 

“PCA Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss”] ¶ 1. 

28 D.I. 10. The motion seeks default judgment “against the Defendant,” but fails to designate which 

Defendant or Defendants is the subject of the motion. On May 6, 2024, along with his response 

to the Clayton Defendants’ motion to dismiss, Amoako filed a “Certificae [sic] in Support of 

Motion of Default” in which he stated that the motion for default had been filed “against all 

defendants” but that default judgment was being sought only against the Clayton Defendants. See

Certificae [sic] in Supp. of Mot. of Default (included in D.I. 23) ¶¶ 4, 7. 

29 D.I. 13. On April 18, 2024, the previous counsel for the Clayton Defendants filed a motion for 

substitution of counsel. D.I. 14. 

30 D.I. 15 [hereinafter “Mot. to Include Son as Pl.”]. 

31 Defs. Daniel Hume’s and the Town of Clayton’s (Improperly Pled as the Clayton Police Dep’t) 

Mot. to Dismiss (D.I. 18) [hereinafter “Clayton Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss”] ¶ 1. 

32 Cent. Mortg. Co. v. Morgan Stanley Mortg. Cap. Hldgs. LLC, 27 A.3d 531, 535 (Del. 

2011) (citing Savor, Inc. v. FMR Corp., 812 A.2d 894, 896–97 (Del. 2002)). 
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The Court, however, need not accept conclusory allegations unsupported by the facts 

or draw unreasonable inferences in favor of the non-moving party,33 nor should it 

draw conclusions of law or fact “where there are no allegations of specific facts 

which would support such conclusions.”34 

IV. LEGAL CLAIMS ASSERTED BY AMOAKO 

Pro se pleadings are construed more liberally than those filed with counsel.35 

In that light, while Amoako’s complaint lists four causes of action, the Court has 

identified six potential claims being asserted: 

1. Violation of Article I, Section 6 of the Delaware Constitution for 

an illegal search and seizure — against the Clayton Defendants; 

2. Negligent placement of his son on a school bus — against the

PCA Defendants; 

3. Violations of equal protection rights under Article I, Section 21

of the Delaware Constitution — against all Defendants; 

4. Violations of the Equal Accommodations Act — against the

PCA Defendants; 

5. Negligence for failure to train and supervise — against the PCA

Defendants; and 

6. Educational malpractice — against the PCA Defendants.

36

 

There is no different set of rules for pro se litigants,

37 however, and the Court will 

not disregard or rewrite controlling law to accommodate a pro se party.38 

33 Pfeffer v. Redstone, 965 A.2d 676, 683 (Del. 2009); Windsor I, LLC v. CWCapital Asset Mgmt. 

LLC, 238 A.3d 863, 871 (Del. 2020). 

34 Weinberger v. UOP, Inc., 409 A.2d 1262, 1264 (Del. Ch. 1979). 

35 Griffin v. Ramirez, 2021 WL 5577261, at *1 (Del. Super. Nov. 30, 2021); Tigani v. Fisher Dev. 

Co., 2022 WL 1039969, at *2 (Del. Super. Apr. 6, 2022). 

36 Compl. ¶¶ 3.11–.14. 

37Draper v. Med. Ctr. of Del., 767 A.2d 796, 799 (Del. 2001); Tigani, 2022 WL 1039969, at *2. 

38 Tigani, 2022 WL 1039969, at *2. 
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V. ANALYSIS

A. AMOAKO’S MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT MUST BE DENIED.

The Court begins with the motion for default judgment, because if the Clayton 

Defendants are found to be procedurally in default, then the Court need not reach 

the merits of their motion to dismiss. The threshold issue is thus whether the Court 

should enter default judgment in favor of Amoako and against the Clayton 

Defendants pursuant to Superior Court Civil Rule 55(b) (“Rule 55(b)”) because they 

failed to file a responsive pleading or motion to dismiss within the required twenty

days, although they entered an appearance promptly after the complaint was filed.

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For the reasons explained below, the Court will not enter default judgment against 

the Clayton Defendants. 

Rule 55(b) provides that a default judgment may be entered in a situation in 

which “a party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought, has failed 

to appear, plead or otherwise defend.”40 Public policy favors denying a motion 

for default judgment so that parties may have their day in court.

41

 Accordingly, 

default judgment is employed only in extraordinary circumstances.

42

 Discretion 

rests with the Court.43 

In Holland v. Sterling,

44 this Court held that default judgment under Rule 

55(b) was unavailable where, as here, the defendant had entered an appearance.45 

39 Because the PCA Defendants timely filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, the motion for 

default judgment is clearly inapplicable to them. 

40 Super. Ct. Civ. R. 55(b) (emphasis supplied). 

41 Battaglia v. Wilm. Sav. Fund Soc’y, 379 A.2d 1132, 1135 (Del. 1977); Tsipouras v. Tsipouras, 

677 A.2d 493, 496 (Del. 1996). 

42 Dority v. vanSweden, 1995 WL 1791080, at *1 (Del. Ch. Jan. 17, 1995). 

43 Id. 

44 1988 WL 130385 (Del. Super. Nov. 29, 1988). 

45 Id. at *1 (citing Del. Sand & Gravel Co. v. Bryson, 414 A.2d 207 (Del. 1980)). 
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Moreover, the case sub judice is stronger than Holland because there, the entry of 

appearance was filed after the motion for default judgment was filed.46 In contrast, 

here, the entry of appearance on behalf of the Clayton Defendants was filed before

the motion for default judgment—indeed, it was filed one day after the complaint 

was served.

47

 Pursuant to Rule 55(b), default judgment is available against a party 

only in a situation in which that party has done nothing in response to the suit, i.e., 

the party has not appeared, pled, or otherwise defended. Thus, default judgment is 

not available against the Clayton Defendants because an appearance was entered on 

their behalf before a motion for default judgment was filed.48 

B. THE MOTIONS TO DISMISS BY BOTH SETS OF DEFENDANTS MUST BE

GRANTED.

1. All Claims Against The Clayton Defendants Alleging Illegal Search 

And Seizure Must Be Dismissed. 

Amoako argues that the Clayton Defendants violated Article I, Section 6 of 

the Delaware Constitution because of an illegal search and seizure on March 12, 

2024, when “Hume confronted [him] and unlawfully detained [him], accusing [him] 

of trespassing on school property and demanding identification without reasonable 

suspicion or probable cause.”

49

 In response, the Clayton Defendants’ argument is 

two-fold: first, that there is no private right of action to obtain damages under Article 

46 Id. 

47 D.I. 3–4, 7. Although the Clayton Defendants’ initial counsel entered an appearance on behalf 

of the Clayton Police Department, which was an improperly named defendant, the Court sees no 

material difference. If anything, this cuts against Amoako because he named an incorrect party. 

48 Additionally, the Clayton Defendants filed their motion to dismiss shortly after they were put on 

notice of a potential default. D.I. 18. 

49 Compl. ¶ 3.2. 
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1, Section 6;

50 and second, that the Delaware County and Municipal Tort Claims 

Act (“DCMTCA”)51 bars any tort claims against them.

52

 

a. There is no private right of action under Article I, Section 6. 

In Schueller v. Cordrey,

53 this Court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss 

an excessive force claim brought pursuant to Article I, Section 6, reasoning that the 

plaintiff had “alternative remedies available to him through common law tort action 

for battery or gross negligence, both of which would allow” him to recover 

damages.54 In reaching its conclusions, the Court noted that Article I, Section 6 does 

not expressly mention excessive force or the requirements for bringing such an 

action, that creating a new cause of action would impose huge financial burdens on 

governmental entities, and that the legislature is the best entity to create a new cause 

of action.55 For similar reasons, there is no private right of action here. Even if there 

were, it would be barred by the DCMTCA. 

b. The DCMTCA bars any common law claims for damages against the 

Clayton Defendants.

The Clayton Defendants argue that, to the extent Amoako’s complaint is 

liberally read to include common law claims against them, those claims are barred 

by the DCMTCA because no exception to immunity applies.56 The Clayton 

Defendants cite to Fiat Motors of North America, Inc. v. Mayor and Council of City 

of Wilmington57 for the argument that “except as otherwise expressly provided by 

50 Clayton Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss ¶ 1. 

51 10 Del. C. §§ 4010–4013. 

52 Clayton Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss ¶ 1. 

53 2017 WL 568344 (Del. Super. Feb. 13, 2017). 

54 Id. at *2. 

55 Id. 

56 Clayton Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss ¶¶ 8–11. 

57 498 A.2d 1062 (Del. 1985). 
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statute, all governmental entities (and their employees) shall be immune from suit 

on any and all tort claims seeking recovery of damages.”58 The Court agrees. 

There are three exceptions laid out in 10 Del. C. § 4012 that would allow for 

tort liability against the Town of Clayton, provided, however, that the negligent acts 

or omissions caused property damage, bodily injury, or death: 

(1) In its ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle, special 

mobile equipment, trailer, aircraft or other machinery or equipment, 

whether mobile or stationary. 

(2) In the construction, operation, or maintenance of any public 

building or the appurtenances thereto, except as to historic sites or 

buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment designed for use 

primarily by the public in connection with public outdoor 

recreation. 

(3) In the sudden and accidental discharge, dispersal, release, or escape 

of smoke, vapors, soot, fumes, acids, alkalines, and toxic chemicals, 

liquids or gases, waste materials or other irritants, contaminants, or 

pollutants into or upon land, the atmosphere or any water course or 

body of water.59 

Here, Amoako does not allege any property damage, bodily injury, or death

among those situations listed above and, thus, no exception from the DCMTCA is

applicable.60 As to Hume, an employee may be personally liable for acts or 

omissions causing property damage, bodily injury, or death in a situation in which 

58 Clayton Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss ¶ 9 (quoting 10 Del. C. § 4011(a)). 

59 10 Del. C. § 4012(1)–(3). 

60 In response to the Clayton Defendants’ motion to dismiss, Amoako states that his claims “are 

not solely based on property damage, bodily injury, or death, but rather on the violation of 

constitutional rights, including the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.” Pl.’s Resp. Mot. to 

Dismiss by Officer Daniel Hume and Clayton Police Department (D.I. 23) ¶ 10. There is no 

reference to any federal constitutional claims in the complaint, however, asthe complaint explicitly 

relies upon alleged violations of the Delaware Constitution alone. The Court, despite its liberal 

construction of claims by pro se plaintiffs, will not create a different set of rules for Amoako by 

inferring a federal cause of action where none is stated in the complaint. Tigani, 2022 WL 

1039969, at *2; Griffin, 2021 WL 5577261, at *1; Reylek v. Albence, 2023 WL 4633411, at *3 

(Del. Super. July 19, 2023). 
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the governmental entity is immune, but only for those acts or omissions which were 

not within the scope of employment, or which were performed with wanton 

negligence or willful and malicious intent.61 Again, Amoako does not allege any 

property damage, bodily injury, or death for an act or omission that was outside of 

Hume’s scope of employment, let alone any wanton negligence or willful and 

malicious intent. Thus, no exception to the DCMTCA is applicable. 

In sum, the illegal search and seizure claim against the Clayton Defendants 

should be dismissed because there is no private right of action under Article I,

Section 6 and, even if there was, the DCMTCA bars any state law tort claims in a 

situation in which no exception is applicable. 

2. The Claim For Negligent Placement Of Amoako’s Son On A Bus Fails. 

Amoako cannot pursue claims on behalf of his son, L.A., under the current 

complaint; however, he has filed a motion to add his son as a plaintiff. Nevertheless, 

even if his son was added as a plaintiff, the negligence claim based on this incident 

is barred by the applicable statute of limitations: under Delaware law, the statute of 

limitations for a negligence claim is two years.62 

Here, Amoako characterizes the October 29, 2021, misplacement of his son 

on a school bus as negligent conduct.63 That claim is time-barred, however, because

he filed his complaint on March 21, 2024, nearly five months beyond Delaware’s

61 10 Del. C. § 4011(c). 

62 10 Del. C. § 8119 (Actions “for the recovery of damages upon a claim for alleged personal 

injuries” are governed by a two-year statute of limitations from the date of the accident); Harper 

v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 703 A.2d 136, 137 (Del. 1997) (“Lawsuits based upon common law 

principles of negligence are subject to the two-year statute of limitations in 10 Del. C. § 8119.”); 

Sands v. Del. Dep’t of Corr., 2017 WL 3311234, at *1 (Del. Super. Aug. 2, 2017) (explaining same). 

63 See Mot. to Include Son as Pl. at 1 (“On October 29, 2021, [Amoako’s son] was subjected to an 

incident of gross negligence and breach of duty by [the PCA Defendants].”). 
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two-year statute of limitations. Accordingly, the Court need not analyze whether 

such claims could survive application of the Delaware State Tort Claims Act.64 

3. The Equal Protection Claims Must Be Dismissed.

Amoako asserts a claim for a violation of equal protection pursuant to Article 

I, Section 21 of the Delaware Constitution, based on failure to train and supervise.

65

 

He further alleges other discriminatory actions, namely, Hume’s actions relating to 

the alleged search and seizure,66 the false theft accusation against his daughter,67 the 

erroneous class placement of his son,68 and the negligent placement of his son on a 

school bus.69 

In response, the PCA Defendants argue that Amoako cannot recover under 

any reasonably conceivable set of circumstances because Amoako has not “(1) 

alleged membership in any protected class; (2) identified individuals outside that 

class who were treated more favorably as a result of PCA’s or [ ] Stouffer’s

purported training or supervision; or (3) alleged any ‘difference in treatment’ due to

[his] protected status.”70 The Clayton Defendants also argue for dismissal of 

64 10 Del. C. §§ 4001–4006. 

65

“[T]he School District failed to adequately train and supervise its employees, including but not 

limited to [ ] Hume, resulting in the violation of [Amoako’s] rights under Article 1, Section 21 of 

the Delaware Constitution ....” Compl. ¶ 3.13. 

66 Id. ¶ 3.5. 

67 On November 2, 2023, “a teacher (Ms. Crawford) falsely accused [Amoako’s] daughter of 

stealing, despite her innocence and later found untrue. This unfounded accusation not only caused 

emotional distress but also represents a pattern of discriminatory treatment and harassment 

directed towards her.” Id. ¶ 3.11. 

68 Amoako’s son “was erroneously placed in an English learner class for an entire academic year 

without [Amoako]’s knowledge or consent. Despite being a native English speaker born in the 

United States and not experiencing any difficulties in class, [Amoako]’s son was subjected to an 

inappropriate educational placement. This discriminatory treatment deprived [Amoako]’s son of 

educational opportunities.” Id. ¶ 3.12. 

69

“[T]he abandonment of [Amoako]’s son by a bus driver illustrate[s] a repeated pattern of 

discrimination within [PCA]’s policies and practices.” Id. ¶ 3.14. 

70 PCA Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss ¶ 8 (emphasis in original). See also id. ¶ 7. 
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Amoako’s equal protection claims against them on the basis that no private right of 

action is authorized under Article I, Section 21.

71

 

Delaware’s equal protection clause can be found in Article I, Section 21, of 

the Delaware Constitution and provides that “Equality of rights under the law shall 

not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, national origin, or sex.”72 To 

establish a claim for a violation of equal protection rights, a plaintiff must 

demonstrate that: (1) he is a member of a protected class; (2) he was treated 

differently from similarly situated persons outside of the class; and (3) the difference 

in treatment was due to the protected class.

73

 

a. Amoako’s equal protection claims regarding the incident with Hume 

must be dismissed.

Amoako’s discrimination claims relating to the incident with Hume are both

included in the general allegations regarding failure to train and supervise74 and 

separately alleged against Hume.

75

 

Regarding the required elements of an equal protection claim, Amoako, at no 

point in the complaint, alleges membership in a protected class. In an email to 

Stouffer attached to the complaint as part of Exhibit A, however, he stated,

I am unsure what your intentions were when you acknowledged to 

[Hume] that you did not know who I was. This is a concern for me as 

a black man because [Hume] was reacting to your feedback .... I also 

believe that this situation was scary for me as a black man due to police 

brutality and the way the officer responded to me.76 

71 Clayton Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss ¶ 1. 

72 Del. Const. art. I, § 21. 

73 Giles, 2022 WL 17826005, at *6. 

74 Compl. ¶ 3.13.

75 Id. ¶ 3.5. 

76 Ex. A at 3. 
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Therefore, Amoako has established the first prong by alleging his membership in a 

protected class. 

Any allegations that arguably touch on the other two prongs are vague and 

conclusory at best: in the same email chain, Amoako alleged that Hume “did not 

stop any other individuals that were walking by, so this encounter was a 

discriminatory intent and it was unlawful,”77 and “this was discriminatory intent as 

I was the only parent on the premises that [Hume] requested an ID or have me

arrested [sic].”78 At no point does Amoako allege that those allegedly treated 

differently than he were outside his protected class, or that the alleged differential 

treatment was due to his protected status. As noted previously, in considering a Rule 

12(b)(6) motion the Court does not accept “conclusory allegations unsupported by 

specific facts.”79 Specifically, to draw the inference, without supporting facts, that 

every parent whom Hume did not stop was not a member of Amoako’s protected 

class, or that Hume’s actions were motivated by that membership, is not warranted. 

As noted above, there is no different set of rules for pro se litigants.80 

b. Amoako has no standing to pursue equal protection claims on behalf 

of his daughter, or on behalf of his son with regard to the English 

learner placement. 

In his complaint, Amoako characterizes the false allegation against his 

daughter as indicative of “a pattern of discriminatory treatment and harassment 

directed towards her.”81 Because his daughter is not a party to this action, he has no 

77 Id. 

78 Id. at 4. Amoako also described the encounter as “coercive and improper.” Id. at 3. 

79 Deuley v. DynCorp Int’l, Inc., 8 A.3d 1156, 1160 (Del. 2010) (citation omitted). 

80 Tigani, 2022 WL 1039969, at *2. Given the Court’s reasoning as outlined above, there is no 

need to address the Clayton Defendants’ separate argument that there is no private right of action 

under Article I, Section 21. 

81 Compl. ¶ 3.11. 
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standing to pursue a discrimination claim on her behalf.82 For similar reasons, 

Amoako cannot pursue an equal protection claim related to his son’s placement “in 

an English learner class.”83

As noted previously, Amoako has filed a “Motion to Include Son as 

Plaintiff.”

84 That motion, however, addresses L.A.’s October 2021 placement on a 

bus. Therefore, Amoako’s equal protection claim regarding his son’s class 

placement must be dismissed. 

c. The equal protection claim regarding the negligent placement on 

a bus must be dismissed.

According to Amoako, “the abandonment of [his] son by a bus driver” was 

discriminatory.85 Although Amoako lacks standing to pursue this claim on behalf 

of his son, he has filed a motion to include his son as a plaintiff regarding the bus 

incident. As with the negligence claims based on this incident, however, any equal 

protection claims are barred by Delaware’s two-year statute of limitations.86 

Amoako seeks to add his son as a plaintiff only with respect to the erroneous 

placement of his son on a bus. The complaint, however, was filed well over two 

years after that incident. Thus, any claims arising from it, whether for negligence or 

for an alleged equal protection violation, would be time-barred. 

82 See, e.g., Murphy v. United Servs. Auto Ass’n, 2005 WL 1249374, at *2 (Del. Super. May 10, 

2005) (explaining plaintiff must establish injury to himself by defendants). 

83 Compl. ¶ 3.12. 

84 D.I. 15. 

85 Compl. ¶ 3.14. 

86 See Giles, 2022 WL 17826005, at *5 (noting civil rights claims in Delaware courts are subject 

to the two-year statute of limitations in 10 Del. C. § 8119). 
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d. The Court need not reach Amoako’s equal protection claim for 

failure to train and supervise.

A plaintiff must sufficiently plead an underlying equal protection violation for 

the Court to consider the failure to train and/or supervise claim.87 Stated differently, 

where, as here, the underlying equal protection claim fails, there cannot be a 

successful claim for failure to train and supervise under equal protection. For the

reasons discussed above, Amoako has failed to state a claim for an underlying equal 

protection violation for the Hume incident, the theft accusation against his daughter, 

his son’s class placement, and the bus incident involving his son. 

Instructive in this regard is the decision in N.M. v. Wyoming Valley West

School District (“Wyoming Valley”),

88 a Middle District of Pennsylvania case from 

2016. There, the plaintiff was a fourteen-year-old student who had autism.89 One 

day, while attending school, he needed to be taken to the emergency room at the 

hospital.

90

 While at the hospital, over the span of seventy days, the plaintiff received 

no special education services from the school district.91 Among other claims, 

plaintiff brought a count for violation of his equal protection rights for failure to train 

and supervise.92 

As relevant here, the court dismissed an equal protection claim based on 

failure to train and supervise because in his complaint, the plaintiff did not 

87 N.M. v. Wyo. Valley W. Sch. Dist., 2016 WL 2757395, at *14 (M.D. Pa. May 11, 2016) (“[T]he 

absence of an underlying constitutional violation precludes any supervisory liability on a 

‘knowledge or acquiescence’ or ‘failure to train theory.’” (quoting Crawford v. Lappin, 446 

F.App’x 413, 416 (3d Cir. 2011))). 

88 2016 WL 2757395 (M.D. Pa. May 11, 2016). 

89 Id. at *1. 

90 Id.

91 Id.

92 Id. at *6. 
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allege any facts from which the court can reasonably infer that the 

defendant failed to train, supervise, and/or adopt adequate policies, and 

that such failures caused plaintiff to be treated differently from 

similarly situated students and resulted in harm to plaintiff. There are 

simply no facts in the complaint concerning the defendant’s training, 

supervision, and/or adoption of the policies, practices, and customs 

alleged to violate plaintiff’s constitutional rights. Nor are there any 

facts concerning individual employees of the defendant responsible for 

training, supervising, and/or adopting policies of the defendant.93

Here, for similar reasons, the Court reaches the same outcome as the Wyoming 

Valley Court. The Court cannot reasonably infer that the PCA Defendants failed to 

train, supervise, and/or adopt adequate policies, and that such failures caused 

Amoako to be treated differently from similarly situated parents, which resulted in 

harm to him, either because the allegations in the complaint are conclusory in nature, 

or because the claims are barred on the basis of standing or the applicable statute of 

limitations. Accordingly, all of the equal protection claims are dismissed. 

4. Amoako’s Claims Under The EAA Must Be Dismissed. 

Amoako argues that both the false accusation of his daughter’s stealing, and 

the erroneous placement of son in an English learner class, violated the Equal 

Accommodations Act (the “EAA”), which Amoako calls the “Delaware Human 

Relation Act.”

94

 For the reasons previously stated, Amoako cannot pursue such 

claims on behalf of his children. Furthermore, as the Delaware Supreme Court made 

clear in Miller v. Spicer,

95 there is no private right of action under the EAA because 

the legislature never intended one, and the exclusive remedies for an EAA claim are 

93 Id. at *14 (cleaned up). 

94 Compl. ¶¶ 3.8–.12. The EAA is codified at 6 Del. C. §§ 4500–4513. 

95 602 A.2d 65 (Del. 1991). 
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administrative, which are provided thereunder.

96

 Therefore, these claims are also 

subject to dismissal. 

5. The Negligent Failure To Train And Supervise Claim Fails. 

In reading Amoako’s complaint, the Court infers that he brings a negligence 

claim against the PCA Defendants for failure to train and supervise Hume and PCA 

employees.

97

 In response, the PCA Defendants’ argument is two-fold: first, that 

they are immune from civil liability under the Delaware State Tort Claims Act (the 

“DSTCA”)98 because the actions (or non-actions) related to training and experience 

were (1) discretionary, (2) not conducted in bad faith, and (3) not alleged to have 

been conducted with gross or wanton negligence;

99

 and second, because Amoako’s 

complaint puts forth conclusory allegations that fail to state a claim upon which relief 

can be granted.100 The Court agrees with the PCA Defendants. 

In Delaware, the “General Assembly enacted the DSTCA to codify the 

‘common law principles of sovereign immunity.’”

101

 The DSTCA provides 

sovereign immunity for State actors in a civil suit in a situation in which the 

following elements are met: 

(1)The act or omission complained of arose out of and in connection 

with the performance of an official duty requiring a determination 

of policy, the interpretation or enforcement of statutes, rules or 

regulations, the granting or withholding of publicly created or 

regulated entitlement or privilege or any other official duty 

involving the exercise of discretion on the part of the public officer, 

96 Id. at 66–68. 

97 Compl. ¶¶ 3.7, 3.13. 

98 10 Del. C. §§ 4001–4006. 

99 PCA Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss ¶ 10. 

100 Id. ¶ 8 n.1. 

101 Smith v. Christina Sch. Dist., 2011 WL 5924393, at *2 (Del. Super. Nov. 28, 2011) (quoting 

Doe v. Cates, 499 A.2d 1175, 1180 (Del. 1985)). 
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employee or member, or anyone over whom the public officer, 

employee or member shall have supervisory authority; 

(2)The act or omission complained of was done in good faith and in the 

belief that the public interest would best be served thereby; and 

(3)The act or omission complained of was done without gross or 

wanton negligence.102 

In short, for Amoako to overcome this immunity, he must plead that the PCA 

Defendants were engaged in: “(1) ministerial actions; (2) actions taken in bad faith 

and not in the public interest; or (3) actions of gross or wanton negligence.”103 For 

the reasons explained below, he has failed to do so. 

a. Amoako fails to plead that the PCA Defendants were engaged in 

ministerial actions. 

The first way in which Amoako can overcome DSTCA immunity is to show 

that the act or omission complained of was ministerial as opposed to discretionary. 

“The General Assembly sought to protect public officials or employees from 

lawsuits that might hamper their ability to exercise discretion while performing 

official duties.”104 Whether an act is ministerial or discretionary is a question of 

law.105 An act is ministerial when “a person performs in a prescribed manner without 

regard to his own judgment concerning the act to be done.”106 An act is discretionary 

when it requires some determination or implementation that allows a choice of 

method, without a hard and fast rule for a course of conduct.107 

102 10 Del. C. § 4001(1)–(3). 

103 Jackson v. Minner, 2013 WL 871784, at *6 (Del. Super. Mar. 1, 2013) (citing Lovett v. Pietlock, 

2011 WL 2086642, at *3 (Del. Super. Apr. 26, 2011)). 

104 Smith, 2011 WL 5924393, at *2. 

105 Ward v. Gateway Charter Sch., Inc., 2018 WL 3655864, at *3 (Del. Super. July 18, 2018) (citing 

Gutierrez v. Advanced Student Transp., Inc., 2015 WL 4460342, at *4 (Del. Super. July 14, 2015)). 

106 Id. (quoting Gutierrez, 2015 WL 4460342, at *4). 

107 Id. See also Simms v. Christina Sch. Dist., 2004 WL 344015, at *8 (Del. Super. Jan. 30, 2004) 

(“[W]here there does not seem to be any hard and fast rule concerning the manner in which [the 
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For example, the decision to hire an employee has been held to be a 

discretionary act.

108

 The supervision of students has been held to be a ministerial

act, but the manner and particular methods of supervision have been held to be 

discretionary functions.

109 Amoako must plead facts in his complaint that show the 

absence of discretionary conduct.110 

i. Amoako’s claim that the PCA Defendants failed to train and 

supervise Hume is conclusory.111

One specific act or omission that Amoako must plead to be ministerial is the 

training and supervision of Hume, specifically, regarding the incident that occurred 

when Amoako went to pick up his children on March 12, 2024. To demonstrate that 

certain acts or failures to act are ministerial, as opposed to discretionary, Amoako 

must show the existence of maintained mandatory policies or procedures that the 

PCA Defendants ignored or otherwise failed to follow.112 

Tellingly, Amoako does not. Allegations that the PCA Defendants “failed to 

provide adequate training and supervision to its employees, resulting in a pattern of 

misconduct and negligence”113 and that the PCA Defendants “failed to adequately 

train and supervise its employees” are conclusory and not well-pled.

114

 The Court 

need not accept conclusory allegations unsupported by facts. 

supervisor] was to supervise [the employee] as a residential advisor, I am persuaded that the 

supervision of [the employee] was also discretionary.”). 

108 Gutierrez, 2015 WL 4460342, at *4 & n.42. 

109 Id. at *4 & nn.43–44; Ward, 2018 WL 3655864, at *3 & n.36. 

110 Gutierrez, 2015 WL 4460342, at *6; Ward, 2018 WL 3655864, at *4. 

111 To the extent that Amoako alleges, by inference, the negligent hiring of Hume, such a claim is 

not sustainable because hiring is a discretionary act. Gutierrez, 2015 WL 4460342, at *4. 

112 Tews v. Cape Henlopen Sch. Dist., 2013 WL 1087580, at *4 (Del. Super. Feb. 14, 2013). 

113 Compl. ¶ 3.7. 

114 Id. ¶ 3.13. 
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In Jackson v. Minner,

115 this Court explained that, because there was no statute 

that prescribed a particular way in which prison guards “must care for, control, or 

supervise inmates,” the control over the movement of the plaintiff inmate involved 

discretion, which ultimately barred plaintiff’s claim under the DSTCA.116 Likewise, 

Amoako has not alleged that PCA acted pursuant to a prescribed rule or procedure

in supervising Hume, or any PCA employee or purported employee for that matter. 

Further, Amoako alleges that Hume is an officer of the Clayton Police 

Department.117 While Amoako also alleges in a conclusory fashion that Hume is an 

employee of PCA,118 he alleges no facts supporting the conclusion that Hume is an 

employee of PCA or that the PCA Defendants had an obligation to train and 

supervise him.

119

 Furthermore, there are simply no non-conclusory allegations that 

Hume failed to receive training from the PCA Defendants, that he did receive 

training that was deficient, or that PCA knew Hume was not properly trained before 

deploying him as a resource officer. 

Moreover, Amoako argues that he had a “previous arrangement made 

between” him and PCA regarding aftercare.120 Amoako’s own exhibits, however, 

show that Amoako was sent an email outlining the new school-wide pick-up 

procedure and that he mistakenly believed that it did not apply to him.121 Amoako 

did not plead how PCA Defendants knew or should have known of prior existing 

115 2013 WL 871784 (Del. Super. Mar. 1, 2013). 

116 Id. at *7. 

117 Compl. ¶ 1.4. 

118 See Compl. ¶ 3.13 (“the School District failed to adequately train and supervise its 

employees, including but not limited to Officer Hume”).

119 Cf. Terranova v. Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, 2020 WL 526113, at *9 (D.N.J. Jan. 30, 2020) 

(dismissing failure to train and supervise claim because the officer was an employee of neither 

school nor school district and the school district was not responsible for officer’s training))). 

120 Ex. A at 1. 

121 See generally id. at 1–5. 
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pick-up arrangements.122 If anything, the new pick-up procedure shows that Hume 

and the PCA Defendants followed that policy and procedure rather than ignoring

them or not following them. Finally, even if Hume’s actions were negligent, in order

to bypass DSTCA immunity his actions must have been grossly or wantonly

negligence. As explained below, Amoako has failed to plead this. 

ii. Any other allegations of failure to train and supervise are 

conclusory.

Other than Hume, who is named in connection with the failure to train or 

supervise allegations in paragraph 3.13 of the complaint, Amoako has neglected to 

identify any other employee or purported employee of PCA whom the PCA 

Defendants allegedly failed to train or supervise. Moreover, the sum total of the 

failure to train or supervise allegations in the complaint are as follows: that PCA 

“failed to provide adequate training and supervision to its employees,”123 and that 

PCA “failed to adequately train and supervise its employees.”124 Such allegations 

are conclusory and unsupported by any facts. Therefore, the Court need not consider 

whether Amoako has sufficiently pled that these actions were ministerial. 

b. Amoako fails to plead that the PCA Defendants acted in bad faith. 

The second way in which Amoako can bypass immunity under the DSTCA is 

for him to show bad faith by the PCA Defendants involving their negligent training 

and supervision of Hume and PCA employees. Good faith is “honesty of purpose 

122 See Ward, 2018 WL 3655864, at *4. 

123 Compl. ¶ 3.7. 

124 Id. ¶ 3.13. 
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and integrity of conduct.”125 In contrast, bad faith has many definitions, but the 

common denominator among all of them is that “there is some kind of dishonest 

motive or purpose.”126

Here, Amoako has not pled any facts demonstrating that the PCA Defendants, 

in their failure to train or supervise Hume or any other alleged employee, engaged 

in conduct with the conscious purpose of injuring him or acted with dishonest 

motivation or purpose towards him. In fact, as previously shown, the conclusory 

allegations regarding this claim neglect to delineate any conduct at all.

c. Amoako fails to plead gross or wanton negligence. 

The final way in which Amoako can overcome DSTCA immunity is to plead 

facts, with particularity, demonstrating that the PCA Defendants acted with gross or 

wanton negligence regarding the negligent training and supervision of Hume and of 

any other individuals.

127

 In the failure to supervise context, “gross negligence 

generally involves foreknowledge of a problem with no attempt to address the 

problem.”128 Furthermore, gross negligence requires “a showing of a high level of 

negligence that constitutes an extreme departure from the ordinary standard of 

care.”

129 Wanton negligence is “conduct that is so unreasonable and dangerous that 

a person knows or should know that an imminent likelihood of harm can result.”130 

Pursuant to Superior Court Civil Rule 9(b) (“Rule 9(b)”), gross or wanton negligence 

125 Gutierrez, 2015 WL 4460342, at *6 (quoting Martin ex rel. of Estate of Martin v. State, 2001 

WL 112100, at *7 (Del. Super. Jan. 17, 2001)). 

126 Brittingham v. Bd. of Adjustment of City of Rehoboth Beach, 2005 WL 1653979, at *2 (Del. 

Super. Apr. 26, 2005). 

127 Ward, 2018 WL 3655864, at *4. 

128 Id. (quoting Sadler-Ievoli v. Sutton Bus & Truck Co., 2013 WL 3010719, at *5 (Del. Super. June 

4, 2013)). 

129 Id. (quoting Sadler-Ievoli, 2013 WL 3010719, at *4). 

130 Id. (quoting Sadler-Ievoli, 2013 WL 3010719, at *4). 
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must be pled with particularity such that allegations “may not be conclusory and 

must be accompanied by some factual allegations to support them.”131 

Pursuant to Rule 9(b), Amoako’s complaint lacks particularity. As previously 

noted, the complaint provides only conclusory allegations; there is nothing to show 

an extreme departure from the ordinary standard of care. Without more, the Court 

is reluctant to see these as anything other than bare allegations that do not rise to the 

level of reasonable conceivability. Amoako has not alleged any facts that show that 

PCA owed him a duty to train and supervise Hume or any PCA employee, or that 

PCA’s training and supervision were in any way deficient. 

For all the reasons explained, PCA Defendants’ motion to dismiss Amoako’s 

claim for negligent failure to train and supervise is granted.132 

6. The Educational Malpractice Claim Fails. 

Amoako brings an educational malpractice claim under the EAA133 for failure 

to properly place and assess regarding the son’s placement in an English learner

class. These claims must be dismissed because (1) Amoako has no standing to 

pursue such a claim on behalf of his son; (2) there is no private right of action under 

the EAA; and (3) for the reasons previously stated, the PCA Defendants are immune 

131 Id. (quoting Tews, 2013 WL 1087580, at *2 (emphasis in original)). See also Greenfield for 

Ford v. Budget of Del., Inc., 2017 WL 729769, at *2 (Del. Super. Feb. 22, 2017) (“Rule 9(b) is 

satisfied when the pleading advises the defendant (1) what duty, if any, was breached; (2) who 

breached it; (3) what act or failure to act breached the duty; and (4) the party upon whom the act 

was performed.” (internal quotations and citations omitted)); id. at n.28 (collecting cases). 

132 Ward, 2018 WL 3655864, at *5 (“Because the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to plead that 

Defendant’s alleged actions or failures to act were ministerial, that Defendant acted in bad faith, 

or that Defendant acted with gross or wanton negligence, Plaintiff has not met its burden to 

overcome Defendant’s entitlement to immunity as established in the DSTCA. Therefore, Plaintiff 

has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.”). 

133 6 Del. C. §§ 4500–4513. 
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under the DSTCA. Moreover, even if the educational malpractice claim was not 

barred for these reasons, Delaware does not recognize such claims.

134

 

C. THE MOTION TO ADD AMOAKO’S SON AS A PLAINTIFF MUST BE DENIED AS

FUTILE. 

Amoako has filed a motion to add his son, L.A., as a plaintiff. Amoako could 

have filed an amended complaint as a matter of course, as no responsive pleadings 

have been filed, but instead, has sought leave of the Court to do so.135 Leave to 

amend a complaint should be freely given where justice so requires.136 Leave to 

amend should be denied, however, if the proposed amendment would be futile.137 

An amendment is futile if the complaint would still be subject to dismissal for failure 

to state a claim, that is, the amended complaint cannot survive a motion to dismiss.138 

Discretion rests with the Court.139 

Amoako’s motion mentions only the alleged negligent misplacement of L.A. 

on a bus in October 2021. Accordingly, the addition of L.A. as a plaintiff would be 

futile since such claims are barred by the applicable statute of limitations. 

134 See, e.g., Moss Rehab. Hosp. v. White, 692 A.2d 902, 906 & n.7 (Del. 1997) (noting that at least 

ten states and the District of Columbia do not recognize educational malpractice claims). 

135 See Super. Ct. Civ. R. 15(a) (party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course before a 

responsive pleading is filed). See also Reylek v. Albence, 2023 WL 142522, at *6 & n.51 (Del. 

Super. Jan. 10, 2023) (collecting prior Superior Court decisions showing that a motion to dismiss 

is not a responsive pleading within the meaning of Superior Court Civil Rule 15(a)). Even were 

Amoako to amend his pleading as a matter of course to add his son as a plaintiff, those claims 

would be subject to dismissal for the reasons explained below. 

136 Super. Ct. Civ. R. 15(a); Clark v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 131 A.3d 806, 811 (Del. 2016). 

137 E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Allstate Ins., 2008 WL 555919, at *1 (Del. Super. Feb. 29, 

2008) (“a motion to amend must be denied if the amendment would be futile”); Clark, 131 A.3d 

at 811–12. 

138 E.I. du Pont de Nemours, 2008 WL 555919, at *1; Clark, 131 A.3d at 811–12. 

139 E.I. du Pont de Nemours, 2008 WL 555919, at *1. 
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VI. CONCLUSION 

For the reasons explained, Amoako’s Motion for Default Judgment is 

DENIED; the Clayton Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED; the PCA 

Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED; and Amoako’s Motion to Include 

Son as Plaintiff is DENIED as futile. Amoako’s Complaint is DISMISSED.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

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