Camille T. Mata v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
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Can the Massachusetts Appeals Court deny Petitioner judicial review of Respondent state agency's lack of probable cause disposition on a civil-rights complaint
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Can the Massachusetts Appeals Court deny Petitioner judicial review of Respondent state agency’s lack of probable cause (“LOPC”) disposition on a complaint, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI, 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. and the Education Amendments Act of 1972, Title IX 20 U.S.C. A§1681 et , seg., when the material evidence shows court jurisdiction over state agency dispositions? 2. Can the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“Mass. SJC”) decline to resolve the Appeals Court’s departure from procedural due process regulations governing judicial review availability under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. §§701 et seq. and from stare decisis in Christo v. Boyle Insurance Agency, Inc., 402 Mass. 815 (1988) and Bennett v. Spear, 520 U.S. 154 (1997)? ii PARTIES INVOLVED Camille Tuason (“T.”) Mata is a Filipina-American (female), who applied to the PhD program at the University of Massachusetts, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning (UMASS-LARP”). She is the Petitioner in the case at bar, the Applicant in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court the Appellant-Plaintiff in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the Complainant in the Massachusetts Superior Court. The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD”) is the state agency responsible for investigating discrimination complaints specifically for low-income and poor individuals residing in Massachusetts. It is the Respondent in the case at bar and in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Defendant-Appellee in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the Defendant in the Massachusetts Superior Court. HISTORY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS Mata v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth, Docket No. FAR-27548. Judgements entered on July 27, 2020 and on October 2, 2020. Mata v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Massachusetts Appeals Court, Docket No. 2019-P-1133. Judgement entered on May 20, 2020. Mata v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Massachusetts Superior Court, Docket No. 1878cv00079. Judgement entered on January 28, 2019. Mata v. University of Massachusetts, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Docket No. 16SED02522. Investigative Commissioner entered disposition on September 28, 2018.