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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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AYANNA BLUE, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Case No: 1:10-cv-01504 (JEB)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al. )
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Defendants. )
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SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND JURY DEMAND

Plaintiff Ayanna Blue, by and through undersigned counsel, hereby asserts her Second

Amended Complaint against Defendants District of Columbia, District of Columbia Public

Schools (“DCPS”), Chancellor Michelle Rhee, and Robert Weismiller, and alleges as follows:

NATURE OF THE ACTION

1. This action arises out of a sexual relationship between former DCPS teacher,

Robert Weismiller, and his student, Ayanna Blue. For more than five months during the 2008-

2009 school year, Weismiller engaged in a sexual relationship with Plaintiff that involved many

sexual encounters, both in his classroom and outside of school grounds. The relationship

ultimately resulted in Plaintiff’s pregnancy and the birth of her daughter.

2. DCPS officials and staff have acknowledged that they were aware of the

relationship between Weismiller and Plaintiff, yet DCPS did nothing to stop the sexual

encounters. Weismiller did not even receive a reprimand, and he was not terminated for cause.

3. Plaintiff seeks monetary damages as follows: against the District of Columbia,

DCPS, and Rhee for negligent supervision of Weismiller and negligent hiring/retention of
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Weismiller; against all Defendants for intentional infliction of emotional distress; against all

Defendants for breach of fiduciary duty; against all Defendants for violations of 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983; and against the District Defendants for violations of 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., also

known as Title IX of the Education Act Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”).

PARTIES

4. Plaintiff Ayanna Blue is an individual who resides in Washington, D.C.

5. Defendant District of Columbia is a municipal corporation authorized to sue and

be sued. The District of Columbia mayor’s office is located at 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Washington, DC 20004.

6. Defendant DCPS is a public school district that provides educational services to

students residing within its boundaries. Its central office is located at 1200 First Street NE,

Washington, DC 20002.

7. Defendant Michelle Rhee is named in this action in her capacity as the Chancellor

of DCPS.

8. Defendant Robert Weismiller is an individual and a former DCPS teacher, most

recently at the Transition Academy at Shadd, 5601 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC

20019. Upon information and belief, Weismiller currently resides in Ocean City, Maryland.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

9. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Plaintiff and Defendants District of

Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee under D.C. Code. § 13-422 on the basis of their domicile in the

District of Columbia. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendant Weismiller under

D.C. Code § 13-423(a)(3) because he caused tortious injury in the District of Columbia by an act

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or omission in the District of Columbia, namely, engaging in a sexual relationship in his District

of Columbia classroom with Plaintiff.

10. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s claims under 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 and Title IX pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a)(3). This Court has

subject matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s state law claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a).

11. Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) because Plaintiff

resides in the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia government and DCPS are located

there, and the events giving rise to Plaintiff’s claim occurred in the District of Columbia.

12. The District of Columbia received notice of the circumstances giving rise to the

claims herein, as required by D.C. Code § 12-309, pursuant to an investigative report completed

by DCPS’s Division of School Security on August 21, 2009. As a courtesy, Plaintiff additionally

gave the District of Columbia notice of this lawsuit in a May 13, 2010 letter.

FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS

Weismiller’s Sexual Relationship With Plaintiff and Other Girls

13. Ayanna Blue is a 20-year-old special education student who attends DCPS. She

was only 18 when the events described herein occurred. At all times relevant, she was a student

at the Transition Academy at Shadd (“Shadd”). Shadd is a school for students who have been

identified by the DCPS as “emotionally disturbed.”

14. Robert Weismiller is a 59-year-old former DCPS teacher who was Plaintiff’s

teacher at Shadd at the beginning of the 2008-09 school year. Upon information and belief, he

was terminated at DCPS as part of a system-wide reduction in force in October 2009.

15. Plaintiff first met Weismiller when she was a student in his class. Upon

information and belief, Weismiller initiated a conversation with Plaintiff in September or

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October 2008 by stating, “If I were 30 years younger, I would marry you.” Throughout the fall

of 2008, Weismiller winked at Plaintiff in class and kissed her on numerous occasions.

16. Weismiller, knowing that Plaintiff relied on him for emotional support, also gave

Plaintiff his personal phone number.

17. Plaintiff’s mother, with whom she lived at all times relevant, observed

Weismiller’s phone number on her caller ID system numerous times from December 2008

through May 2009.

18. Plaintiff typically went to Weismiller’s classroom during his lunch period, from

12:20 p.m. to 1 p.m.

19. Weismiller initiated a sexual relationship with Plaintiff on or about November 19,

2008. He drove her home from school, and the two had sexual intercourse in his car.

20. The sexual relationship continued through April 2009, with numerous incidents

occurring in Weismiller’s classroom during the lunch period, in his car, and at Plaintiff’s home.

21. During that time, Plaintiff became pregnant with her daughter, who was born in

late 2009.

22. Plaintiff, her daughter, and Weismiller have taken paternity tests, and the results

are positive, indicating a 99.99% probability that Weismiller is the baby’s father.

23. Weismiller has had similar, inappropriate sexual relationships with at least four

other students at other schools in the Washington, D.C. area over a 35-year period of time.

24. In approximately 1976, Weismiller initiated sexual relationships with two

students at Gwynn Park High School, which is part of the Prince George’s County Public

Schools system. Weismiller had sexual intercourse with one 16-year-old student for a two-year

time period, from 1976 to 1978. Weismiller, the student’s gym and driver’s education teacher,

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persuaded the student to have sex with him at various locations, both on and off of school

property. Even after the student graduated from high school, Weismiller continued to contact her

for many years.

25. Also in 1976, Weismiller had sexual intercourse with a second student who

attended Gwynn Park High School. That student was 17 years old when the sexual relationship

began. While serving as the student’s driver education teacher, Weismiller on multiple

occasions drove the student to a motel, where they had sex. Two classmates followed

Weismiller and the student when they were together on one occasion. The classmates informed

the student’s parents that they had seen her with Weismiller. Her parents went to the school the

following day and demanded to meet with the principal. The girl’s parents informed the

principal of what the classmates had seen, and demanded that the principal take action.

26. In approximately 1984, Weismiller sexually assaulted two eighth grade students

at Fred Lynn Middle School, which is part of the Prince William County Public Schools system.

Weismiller’s misconduct toward the students continued into their ninth grade year, when he was

transferred to Woodbridge High School, also part of the Prince William County Public Schools

system. In 1986, Weismiller, the Prince William County School Board, and several school

officials were sued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria

Division, as a result of this misconduct, in a case captioned Doe, et al. v. Weismiller, et al.,

Docket Number 86-0555-A. Upon information and belief, Weismiller was fired from

Woodbridge High School as a result of this lawsuit.

27. In approximately 1999, both Weismiller and one of the plaintiffs in Doe, et al. v.

Weismiller, et al. were employed by the Fairfax County Public Schools. The Doe plaintiff saw

Weismiller at an in-service day and learned that he was teaching in Fairfax County. The Doe

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plaintiff contacted the Human Resources Department for Fairfax County, informed officials

about her lawsuit against Weismiller, and was told that he would be terminated from his teaching

position immediately.

28. Upon information and belief, Weismiller has taught at the following schools

during the following approximate time periods: DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville,

Maryland, from September 1975 to December 1975; Gwynn Park High School in Prince

George’s County, Maryland, from 1976 to 1978; Suitland High School in Prince George’s

County, Maryland, from 1978 to 1980; Fred Lynn Middle School and Woodbridge High School

in Prince William County, Virginia, from 1980 to 1985; The Dominion School in Virginia from

1995 to 1998; Herndon Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, from 1998 to 1999; Gibbs

Elementary School in Washington, D.C., during an unknown time period; and the Transition

Academy at Shadd, in Washington, D.C., from 2008 to 2009.

DCPS’s Investigation

29. In May 2009, only after learning that Plaintiff was pregnant, did the DCPS initiate

an investigation into the sexual relationship between Weismiller and Plaintiff.

30. At that time, Weismiller told school officials that he had not engaged in a sexual

relationship with Plaintiff.

31. Every witness who was interviewed by the DCPS stated either that they had seen

Plaintiff and Weismiller alone together in his classroom, or had heard rumors that the two were

having a sexual relationship.

32. For example, Reginald Parker, an educational aide at Shadd, said he had seen

Plaintiff in Weismiller’s classroom as many as three to four times per day. He said Plaintiff

would enter the classroom when Parker left to take the other students to lunch. He told the

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DCPS that his “personal opinion was that he would not let a young, female ED [emotionally

disturbed] student spend that much time alone with a man who was not her counselor.”

33. Stephanie Jackson, a teacher at Shadd, said Plaintiff spent her lunch period in

Weismiller’s classroom “almost every day” and that Plaintiff would return at the end of the

school day and leave shortly after Weismiller.

34. Teacher Denise Edmonds heard as early as January or February 2009 that

Weismiller and Plaintiff were having a sexual relationship. In order to investigate these rumors,

Edmonds entered Weismiller’s classroom during lunch on at least two occasions and saw both

Plaintiff and Weismiller in the room.

35. Weismiller’s classroom aide, Tiaire Hairston, reported hearing rumors that

Weismiller and Plaintiff were having a sexual relationship. He told DCPS that he instructed

Weismiller not to allow Plaintiff in his classroom in Hairston’s presence because of those

rumors.

36. Clinical psychologist Trawick Lindsay also reported that Plaintiff would

“frequently visit” Weismiller’s classroom, and that he had observed Plaintiff there during the

lunch period, with the lights off.

37. Plaintiff herself reported to school personnel in December 2008 that she believed

she was pregnant. Shadd personnel sent her to the health office, which administered a pregnancy

test that came back negative.

38. Despite these first-hand accounts, DCPS, at the close of its investigation,

acquitted Weismiller of any misconduct. Specifically, DCPS found Weismiller not liable for

“grave misconduct in office” and not liable for “other failure of good behavior during duty hours

which is of such a nature that it causes discredit to the employee’s agency or employment.”

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39. Rhee said the statements by teachers and staff did not offer definitive proof of a

sexual relationship. She characterized the situation as “a he said, she said.”

Plaintiff’s Current Situation

40. Plaintiff continues to suffer emotionally and financially as a result of Weismiller’s

sexual relationship with her.

41. As a result of Weismiller’s conduct, Plaintiff had a baby as a teenager, before she

was ready to care for a child emotionally and financially.

42. Plaintiff has been forced to move out of her mother’s house, and she currently

resides at a short-term transitional living program in the District of Columbia. Plaintiff is

uncertain where she will go next, and she fears homelessness.

43. Plaintiff is not financially able to support her child or to pay for suitable housing.

44. Plaintiff started twelfth grade at Shadd for a second time. She was unable to

complete the required credits last year due to time taken off for the birth of her daughter.

Plaintiff must place her daughter in daycare while she is in school.

45. Weismiller continues to call Plaintiff on the telephone.

DCPS’s Mismanagement of Shadd

46. Both DCPS high-ranking officials and outside experts have characterized Shadd

as a failure, where students are inadequately supervised and subject to injury.

47. Clarence Sundram, one of the world’s top experts in the treatment of the disabled,

has said Shadd is a “disaster” that “bespeaks a lack of planning.”

48. Rhee’s chief of staff, Lisa Ruda, has called Shadd an “extreme disappointment”

because Rhee’s team did not hire enough staff, there were not sufficient textbooks, and there was

not even a school nurse when the school first opened.

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49. DCPS Deputy Chancellor for Special Education Richard Nyankori has said that

Shadd should be closed in the future and that students characterized as emotionally disturbed

should return to their neighborhood schools.

50. A special education consultant, Monique Bass, has said there have been frequent

outbreaks of violence at Shadd, where students have hurled chairs and fire extinguishers at each

other, causing some students to go to the hospital. Bass said Shadd suffers from uncertified

teachers, inadequate classroom staffing, lack of control in the classroom, and lack of

psychological services, which make the school “unsafe for any student, and a breeding ground

for lawsuits.”

51. D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh, D-Ward 3, has called on Rhee to give a public

explanation for the failures at Shadd.

FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF

(Negligent Supervision Against Defendants District of Columbia, DCPS and Rhee)

52. Plaintiff hereby incorporates paragraphs 1 through 51 of this Complaint.

53. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee owe a duty of care to DCPS students

to properly supervise DCPS employees, including Weismiller.

54. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee breached this duty to Plaintiff by

permitting Weismiller to have contact with Plaintiff and by leaving Weismiller alone with

Plaintiff during his lunch period and allowing him to drive her home after school.

55. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee knew or should have known about

Weismiller’s sexual relationship with Plaintiff because seven people interviewed by DCPS in the

course of investigating his conduct were aware of the relationship.

56. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee additionally knew or should have

known about Weismiller’s sexual relationship with Plaintiff because Plaintiff told DCPS in

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December 2008 that she believed she was pregnant. DCPS administered a pregnancy test at that

time.

57. The District of Columbia’s, DCPS’s, and Rhee’s breach enabled Weismiller to

behave in an inappropriate manner by having sex with Plaintiff in his classroom, his car, and off

school property.

58. Plaintiff has been injured by the District of Columbia’s, DCPS’s, and Rhee’s

breach in that she became pregnant and gave birth to Weismiller’s child. The District of

Columbia’s, DCPS’s and Rhee’s conduct caused Plaintiff severe emotional and financial distress

in that she has been forced out of her former residence and into a transitional living facility, and

she now fears homelessness.

SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF

(Negligent Hiring/Retention Against Defendants District of Columbia, DCPS and Rhee)

59. Plaintiff hereby incorporates paragraphs 1 through 58 of this Complaint.

60. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee owe a duty of care to hire and retain

employees who are fit to teach special education students.

61. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee breached this duty to Plaintiff by

hiring and/or retaining Weismiller, when they knew or should have known that Weismiller had

engaged in inappropriate sexual relationships with students in the past.

62. Specifically, the District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee knew or should have

known that Weismiller has been sued and possibly terminated from prior employment as a result

of having inappropriate sexual relationships with students in the past.

63. The District of Columbia’s, DCPS’s, and Rhee’s breach enabled Weismiller to

have an inappropriate sexual relationship with Plaintiff.

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64. Plaintiff has been injured by the District of Columbia’s, DCPS’s, and Rhee’s

breach in that she became pregnant and gave birth to Weismiller’s child. The District of

Columbia’s, DCPS’s, and Rhee’s conduct caused Plaintiff severe emotional and financial

distress in that she has been forced out of her former residence and into a transitional living

facility, and she now fears homelessness.

THIRD CLAIM FOR RELIEF

(Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Against All Defendants)

65. Plaintiff hereby incorporates paragraphs 1 through 64 of this Complaint.

Claim Against the District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee

66. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee engaged in extreme and outrageous

conduct by failing to stop the sexual relationship between Weismiller and Plaintiff.

67. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee acted intentionally or recklessly by

failing to stop the relationship, despite the fact that seven people interviewed by DCPS in the

course of investigating Weismiller’s conduct were aware of his sexual relationship with Plaintiff.

68. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee further acted intentionally or

recklessly because they failed to stop the relationship until May 2009, despite administering a

pregnancy test to Plaintiff in December 2008.

69. The District of Columbia’s, DCPS’s, and Rhee’s conduct caused Plaintiff severe

emotional distress in that she has been forced out of her former residence and into a transitional

living facility, and she now fears homelessness.

Claim Against Weismiller

70. Weismiller engaged in extreme and outrageous conduct by engaging in a sexual

relationship with Plaintiff, his student, both in his classroom and outside of school grounds.

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71. Weismiller intentionally engaged in sexual conduct with Plaintiff while knowing

that she suffered from an emotional disturbance disability. Weismiller additionally knew that

Plaintiff relied on him for emotional support and advice.

72. Weismiller’s conduct caused Plaintiff severe emotional distress in that she has

been forced out of her former residence and into a transitional living facility, and she now fears

homelessness.

FOURTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF

(Breach of Fiduciary Duty Against All Defendants)

73. Plaintiff hereby incorporates paragraphs 1 through 72 of this Complaint.

Claim Against the District of Columbia, DCPS and Rhee

74. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee owe Plaintiff a fiduciary duty because

Plaintiff placed a special confidence in DCPS to provide for her special education needs.

75. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee breached this duty by hiring

Weismiller, when they knew or should have known that Weismiller has been sued and possibly

terminated from prior employment as a result of having inappropriate sexual relationships with

students in the past.

76. The District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee also breached this duty by failing to

supervise Weismiller, thereby allowing him to engage in a sexual relationship with Plaintiff.

77. Plaintiff has been injured by the District of Columbia’s, DCPS’s and Rhee’s

breach in that she became pregnant and gave birth to Weismiller’s child. She also suffers severe

emotional and financial distress in that she has been forced out of her former residence and into a

transitional living facility, and she now fears homelessness.

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Claim Against Weismiller

78. Weismiller owes Plaintiff a fiduciary duty because of the special trust and

confidence she placed in him, as her special education teacher, to provide sound advice and

counseling.

79. Weismiller breached this duty by engaging in a sexual relationship with Plaintiff.

80. Plaintiff has been injured by Weismiller’s breach in that she became pregnant and

gave birth to Weismiller’s child. She also suffers severe emotional and financial distress in that

she has been forced out of her former residence and into a transitional living facility, and she

now fears homelessness.

FIFTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF

(Violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Against All Defendants)

81. Plaintiff hereby incorporates paragraphs 1 through 80 of this Complaint.

Claim Against the District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee

82. The District of Columbia and DCPS have a custom, policy or practice of failing to

adequately investigate the backgrounds of its teachers before hiring them.

83. The District of Columbia and DCPS have a custom, policy or practice of

responding inappropriately to allegations of sexual misconduct that injures female students, as

shown by DCPS’s failure to protect Plaintiff, failure to take an adverse employment action

against Weismiller in the face of widespread allegations of sexual misconduct, and failure to

timely acknowledge reports from teachers and staff of a suspected sexual relationship.

84. Upon information and belief, the District of Columbia and DCPS have responded

inappropriately to allegations of abuse in other situations by cultivating an atmosphere where

teachers are afraid to report abuse.

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85. The District of Columbia and DCPS have a custom, policy or practice of

inappropriately handling special education students, as demonstrated by the many failures at

Shadd, including fighting in the hallways and numerous statements by DCPS officials that the

school is a disaster and should be closed.

86. Upon information and belief, the decision not to terminate Weismiller after DCPS

investigated his sexual relationship with Plaintiff was made by a final municipal decisionmaker

and is properly attributable to the District of Columbia and DCPS.

87. The District of Columbia’s and DCPS’s decisions, customs, policies or practices

have violated Plaintiff’s rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to be free

from conduct that violates her bodily integrity.

88. The District of Columbia’s and DCPS’s customs, policies and practices also have

violated Plaintiff’s rights under the Equal Protection clause of the Fifth Amendment to be free

from discrimination on the basis of her sex.

89. The District of Columbia’s and DCPS’s customs, policies and practices have

further violated Plaintiff’s rights under the Equal Protection clause of the Fifth Amendment in

that Plaintiff, as an emotionally disturbed student, has been treated differently by the District of

Columbia and DCPS than other special education students. Specifically, Plaintiff has been

placed at Shadd, which suffers from inadequate staffing and supervision, while other special

education students have remained at other schools.

Claim Against Weismiller

90. Weismiller was acting under the color of District of Columbia law when he

engaged in a sexual relationship with Plaintiff in that Weismiller was Plaintiff’s teacher, and he

engaged in sexual encounters with Plaintiff in his classroom.

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91. Weismiller’s sexual relationship with Plaintiff violated her rights under the Due

Process clause of the Fifth Amendment to be free from conduct that violates her bodily integrity.

92. Weismiller’s conduct also violated Plaintiff’s rights under the Equal Protection

clause of the Fifth Amendment to be free from discrimination on the basis of her sex.

SIXTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF

(Violation of Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.)
Against Defendants District of Columbia, DCPS, and Rhee)

93. Plaintiff hereby incorporates paragraphs 1 through 92 of this Complaint.

94. The District of Columbia and DCPS had actual knowledge of Weismiller’s sexual

relationship with Plaintiff, as shown by the pregnancy test she took at the school’s request in

December 2008 and through interviews of teachers and staff who had seen Weismiller and

Plaintiff alone together in his classroom.

95. The District of Columbia and DCPS, by failing to stop the sexual relationship

before Plaintiff became pregnant and by failing to discipline Weismiller after conducting a

formal investigation, exhibited deliberate indifference toward Plaintiff.

96. The District of Columbia’s and DCPS’s conduct deprived Plaintiff of the benefits

of an education in that she was subjected to constant harassment by her peers, suffered stress,

and was unable to focus on her classes.

97. The District of Columbia’s and DCPS’s conduct further deprived Plaintiff of the

benefits of an education in that her pregnancy and the birth of her daughter resulted in extensive

school absences and caused Plaintiff to repeat the twelfth grade at Shadd.

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REQUEST FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff seeks judgment as follows:

a. That judgment be entered in favor of Plaintiff and against DCPS, Rhee, and

Weismiller for compensatory damages;

b. For an award of punitive damages against all Defendants in connection with the

intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of fiduciary duty, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983

claims;

c. For an award of costs incurred in prosecuting this action; and

d. For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

JURY REQUEST

Plaintiff hereby requests trial by jury.

Dated: April 28, 2011 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Scott D. Gilbert

Scott D. Gilbert, D.C. Bar No. 290932
Natalie Baughman, D.C. Bar No. 997075
Andrea K. Hopkins, D.C. Bar No. 991494
Brian Weinthal, D.C. Bar No. 491291
Stephen A. Weisbrod, D.C. Bar No. 439152
GILBERT LLP
1100 New York Ave. NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202) 772-2200
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Attorneys for Petitioner Ayanna Blue

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