U.S. v. Nobel Learning Communities, Inc.

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NOBEL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, INC

Court: United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 19, 2010

CIVIL ACTION NO. 09-1818 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 19, 2010)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 09-1818.

March 19, 2010

ORDER

MARY McLAUGHLIN, District Judge

AND NOW, this 19th day of March, 2010, upon consideration of the plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint (Docket No. 47); the defendant's opposition (Docket No. 50); the plaintiff's reply thereto (Docket No. 51); and the defendant's surreply, attached as Exhibit A to its Motion for Leave to File Surreply (Docket No. 53);¹ and for the reasons stated in a memorandum of law bearing today's date, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1 The Court granted the defendant's motion to file a surreply on March 19, 2010 (Docket No. 55).

1. The plaintiff's motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The plaintiff may amend its complaint to allege discrimination at the daycare and preschool levels and to allege discrimination experienced by A.O.R. The plaintiff may not amend its complaint to allege associational discrimination experienced by parents and by siblings.

2. The amended complaint, as redacted and filed as Exhibit A with the plaintiff's motion, and in accordance with this memorandum, shall be deemed to have been filed as of the date of the order.