On Tuesday morning, a federal judge dismissed former UConn head coach Kevin Ollie’s attempt to sue the school for the right to file a discrimination complaint without impacting the arbitration process that is currently under way.
Under the terms of Ollie’s union-mandated arbitration for his claim of wrongful termination, UConn would be allowed to end arbitration should Ollie file a federal discrimination complaint. Ollie and his attorneys were looking for the right to file the complaint while also preventing UConn from pulling out of arbitration.
“In a decision issued Monday, judge Kari A. Dooley ruled that the lawsuit was not “ripe for adjudication” because Ollie had not yet suffered harm as a result of UConn’s inclination to withdraw from the salary-grievance arbitration process if the coach submitted a racial discrimination complaint to a state or federal agency.