Miami Student Files Lawsuit Against School Over Alleged Discrimination for Christian Beliefs
A student in Miami is suing his school “for targeting and discriminating against him for his Christian beliefs.” The Dhillon Law Group, Inc. has announced the lawsuit against Mater Academy on behalf of Nicolas Ortiz, a…
A student in Miami is suing his school “for targeting and discriminating against him for his Christian beliefs.”
The Dhillon Law Group, Inc. has announced the lawsuit against Mater Academy on behalf of Nicolas Ortiz, a 14-year-old student, as Fox News reported.
According to the law firm, Ortiz carries his Bible to school regularly to read during free time. The complaint claims Ortiz “has regularly been ostracized and targeted for his beliefs by fellow students, staff, and school administrators.”
The complaint alleges offices at the school violated the state’s law by ignoring Ortiz’s parent’s requests for investigations into the bullying of their son.
The law firm explained the complaint “shows examples of this harassment including students planning to physically assault him, a science teacher humiliating him for his faith in front of his peers in a classroom setting, and his peers creating false and defamatory statements claiming that he was planning a school shooting to disparage him.”
Dhillon Law Group managing partner, Harmeet K. Dhillon, said in a statement, “Mr. Ortiz is experiencing something that no American should ever have to experience.”
She added, “It’s bad enough that the school has done nothing to stop the bullying from his peers, but have gone as far as joining in on targeting Mr. Ortiz for simply practicing his faith. This is blatant violation of his first amendment rights is another example of how extreme so many in our Education