Moeinpour vs. Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Alabama et al

Case Background

On September 28, 2021, Plaintiff Fariba Moeinpour filed a Workplace discrimination lawsuit in the Northern District Court of Alabama (Case number: 2:21cv1302). Judge R David Proctor presided over the case.

Cause

Dr. Fariba Moeinpour began her employment at UAB School of Medicine in February 2011 as a research scientist in Dr. Clinton J. Grubbs' laboratory, funded by a federal grant from the National Cancer Institution for cancer prevention research. From the outset, UAB administrator Mary Jo Cagle initiated a sustained campaign of harassment targeting Moeinpour's Middle Eastern heritage a