Kuuriraya v. Houston Independent School District

NKOZI KUURIRA YA,
Plaintiff,
VS.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
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§ 	CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:25-CV-03283
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HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT,
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Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
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Pending before this 	Court in the 	above-referenced proceeding are 	Plaintiff Nkozi
Kuuriraya's ("Plaintiff') Motions for Summary Judgment (Doc. Nos. 9, 10) and Defendant
Houston Independent School District's ("HISD") Motion to Dismiss. (Doc. No. 30). Magistrate
Judge Richard Bennett completed a Memorandum and Recommendation that recommends that
this Court GRANTS HISD's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 30) and DENIES Plaintiff's Motions
for Summary Judgment (Doc. Nos. 9, 10). Magistrate Judge Bennett further recommends that
Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint be dismissed and that Plaintiff's claims under 18 U.S.C.
§§ 1001 and 1346 be dismissed with prejudice and the remaining claims be dismissed without
prejudice. Plaintiff filed timely objections to the Memorandum and Recommendation. (Doc. Nos.
37-39, 45).
The Court has carefully reviewed, de nova, the filings, the applicable law, Magistrate Judge
Bennett's Memorandum and Recommendation, and the objections thereto, and agrees with the
conclusion thatHISD's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 30) should be GRANTED. The Court further
agrees that Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint (Doc. No. 27) should be dismissed, and the
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
June 01, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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claims brought under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 and 1346 be dismissed with prejudice and the remaining
claims be dismissed without prejudice. Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that the Memorandum
and Recommendation (Doc. No. 36) is ADOPTED and Plaintiffs Objections to the Memorandum
and 	Recommendation 	(Doc. 	Nos. 	37-39, 	45) 	are 	OVERRULED. 	This 	case 	is 	hereby
DISMISSED. This Court will enter a final judgment in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 58.
It is so ordered.
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Signed on this the _l_ day of June 2026.
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Andrew S. Hanen
United States District Judge
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