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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JANE D. WEAVER v. SARA TORRES : : : : MEMORANDUM Before the Court is Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (Paper No. 9). The motion is ripe for decision. Upon a review of : Civil Action WMN-00-1126

the motion and the applicable case law, the Court determines that no hearing is necessary (Local Rule 105.6) and that Defendant's motion will be granted. I. BACKGROUND During the 1998-99 academic year, Plaintiff was employed, under a one-year contract, as an Assistant Professor with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Nursing ("Nursing School"). In the fall of 1998, Plaintiff was elected to the

Faculty Counsel and, later, appointed to serve on the Faculty Counsel's Bylaws Committee. As a member of the Bylaws

Committee, Plaintiff advocated for several structural changes that were, allegedly, unpopular with the Nursing School administration. Plaintiff further alleges that, as a result

of her activity on the Bylaws Committee, Defendant and various other Nursing School administrators conspired to deprive her of various constitutional rights. 1 Specifically, Plaintiff

alleges violations of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C.

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