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The Federal Case — Bass v. TTUHSC

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Caption Kevin N. Bass v. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, et al.
Case number 5:25-cv-00244-H-BV, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division
Filed November 7, 2025
District Judge James Wesley Hendrix
Magistrate Judge Amanda R. Burch (pretrial referral)
Plaintiff Kevin N. Bass, pro se
Jury demand Yes
Public docket CourtListener · Court opinions on govinfo.gov

Procedural timeline

Date Event
Nov 7, 2025 Complaint filed with jury demand
Dec 11, 2025 First Amended Complaint filed (Dkt. 14) — the operative pleading
Dec 2025 – Jan 2026 All defendants served
Jan 21, 2026 Defendants' motion to dismiss filed (Dkt. 27), asserting sovereign and qualified immunity and failure to state a claim
Feb 15, 2026 Plaintiff's response to the motion to dismiss (Dkt. 33); motion for leave to file Third Amended Complaint (Dkt. 32)
Mar 2, 2026 Defendants' reply (Dkt. 38)
Mar 27, 2026 Order denying leave to amend (Dkt. 42): the court found the proposed amended complaint "violates Rule 8, thereby making amendment futile"
Mar 31, 2026 Renewed motion for leave to file a shortened Second Amended Complaint (Dkt. 43)
Apr 7, 2026 Motion to disqualify counsel for defendant Gibson (Dkt. 46)
Jul 14, 2026 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation of the magistrate judge (Dkt. 54)
Jul 28, 2026 Plaintiff's objections to the recommendation, renewed motion for leave to file the Second Amended Complaint (Dkt. 57), and supporting brief and appendix filed
Aug 5, 2026 Defendants' response in opposition to the renewed motion for leave (re Dkt. 57) filed (Dkt. 58)
Aug 20, 2026 Plaintiff's reply in support of the renewed motion for leave (Dkt. 59)
Sep 23, 2026 Order adopting the magistrate judge's Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation and overruling the plaintiff's objections (Dkt. 60)
Sep 23, 2026 Order denying the renewed motion for leave to file a second amended complaint (Dkt. 61)
Sep 23, 2026 Final Judgment (Dkt. 62)

Filings (PDF)

Date Document
2026-07-14 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation (Dkt. 54) · text — 57 pages, 24 MB
2026-07-28 Plaintiff's Objections to the FCR · text
2026-07-28 Brief in Support of Objections · text
2026-07-28 Appendix in Support of Objections · text
2026-07-28 Renewed Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint · text
2026-07-28 Brief in Support of Renewed Motion · text
2026-07-28 Proposed Second Amended Complaint · text
2026-03-27 Order Denying Leave to Amend (Dkt. 42) · text
2026-02 Third Amended Complaint (proposed, Dkt. 32) · text
2026-02 Response to Motion to Dismiss · text · Appendix · text
2026-01 Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. 27) · text

More docket documents (PDF)

The documents below are copies of entries on the court's docket, in docket order. This list is not the complete docket. The complete docket is available from the court through PACER.

Date Dkt. Filed by Document
2025-11-07 1 Plaintiff Complaint with jury demand · text
2025-11-07 2 Plaintiff Certificate of Interested Persons · text
2025-11-07 5 Court Notice and Instruction to Pro Se Party · text
2025-11-21 7 Court Findings and Recommendations of the magistrate judge on the request for a preliminary injunction in the complaint (Dkt. 1) · text
2025-12-08 8 Plaintiff Objections to the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation on the request for a preliminary injunction (re Dkt. 7); medical information and correspondence with another university withheld, and leftover AI-assistant text on p. 16 blacked out, on this copy · text
2025-12-10 9 Court Order Requiring Plaintiff to Register for Electronic Filing · text
2025-12-10 10 Court Notice Regarding Service on Defendants · text
2025-12-10 11 Plaintiff Appendix in support of objections (re Dkt. 8); medical information and correspondence with another university withheld on this copy · text
2025-12-10 12 Plaintiff Notice of Filing Corrected Appendix in Support of Objections · text
2025-12-10 13 Plaintiff Notice Regarding Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Objections and Brief in Support · text
2025-12-11 14 Plaintiff First Amended Complaint with jury demand · text
2025-12-18 18 Court Order on the motion for a preliminary injunction and the recommendation at Dkt. 7 · text
2025-12-24 20 Plaintiff Notice Regarding Timeliness of Objections (re Dkt. 8) · text
2025-12-29 21 Court Findings and Recommendations of the magistrate judge on the request for a preliminary injunction in the amended complaint (Dkt. 14) · text
2025-12-29 23 Court Order denying the motion to expedite discovery (Dkt. 22) · text
2026-01-12 24 Plaintiff Response to the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation (re Dkt. 21, 23) · text
2026-01-20 26 Plaintiff Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint · text
2026-01-20 26-2 Plaintiff Proposed order (attachment to Dkt. 26) · text
2026-01-20 26-3 Plaintiff Exhibit B, comparison of the First Amended Complaint and the proposed Second Amended Complaint (attachment to Dkt. 26) · text
2026-01-21 27-1 Defendants Exhibit 1 to the motion to dismiss: Notice of Consolidation of Outstanding Student Matters, November 9, 2023 (street address redacted on this copy) · text
2026-01-21 27-2 Defendants Exhibit 2 to the motion to dismiss: hearing notice of November 16, 2023 with the listed complaints; a third-party complaint and a patient-related report withheld and a complainant's name redacted on this copy · text
2026-01-21 27-4 Defendants Exhibit 4 to the motion to dismiss: HSC OP 77.14, Establishing Reasonable Accommodations for Students with Disabilities · text
2026-01-21 27-5 Defendants Exhibit 5 to the motion to dismiss: Hearing Process and Rules of Decorum, December 11, 2023 hearing · text
2026-01-21 27-9 Defendants Exhibit 9 to the motion to dismiss: Student Handbook, Code of Professional Conduct 2023-2024 · text
2026-01-21 27-10 Defendants Exhibit 10 to the motion to dismiss: letter of Interim Dean John C. DeToledo, December 29, 2023 · text
2026-01-21 27-11 Defendants Exhibit 11 to the motion to dismiss: letter on the appeal of dismissal, January 11, 2024 (street address redacted on this copy) · text
2026-01-21 27-12 Defendants Exhibit 12 to the motion to dismiss: memorandum of Interim Dean John C. DeToledo, January 12, 2024 (student ID redacted on this copy) · text
2026-01-22 28 Court Order on the recommendation at Dkt. 21 · text
2026-02-12 29 Plaintiff Unopposed Motion to Extend Time · text
2026-02-15 31 Plaintiff Unopposed Motion to Amend/Correct the motion to extend time (Dkt. 29) · text
2026-02-15 32 Plaintiff Motion to Amend/Correct the motion for leave (Dkt. 26) · text
2026-02-15 32-4 Plaintiff Proposed order (attachment to Dkt. 32) · text
2026-02-28 36 Plaintiff Notice of Errata and Motion for Leave to Substitute Corrected Exhibit Appendix · text
2026-03-02 38 Defendants Reply in support of the motion to dismiss (Dkt. 27) · text
2026-03-09 39 Defendants Response to the motions at Dkt. 26 and Dkt. 32 · text
2026-03-23 40 Plaintiff Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages · text
2026-03-23 40-1 Plaintiff Proposed order (attachment to Dkt. 40) · text
2026-03-23 41 Plaintiff Reply in support of the motion to amend (re Dkt. 32) · text
2026-03-23 41-1 Plaintiff Declaration of Kevin N. Bass (attachment to the reply at Dkt. 41) · text
2026-03-31 43 Plaintiff Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint · text
2026-03-31 43-2 Plaintiff Proposed order (attachment to Dkt. 43) · text
2026-04-07 45 Plaintiff Notice of Erratum (re Dkt. 43) · text
2026-04-07 46 Plaintiff Motion to Disqualify Counsel for Defendant Gibson · text
2026-04-07 46-1 Plaintiff Appendix in support of the motion to disqualify (attachment to Dkt. 46) · text
2026-04-21 48 Defendants Response in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File a Second Amended Complaint · text
2026-04-28 49 Plaintiff Reply in support of the motion for leave to file a second amended complaint (re Dkt. 43) · text
2026-04-28 50 Defendants Response in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Disqualify Counsel for Defendant Darren G. Gibson · text
2026-05-13 51 Plaintiff Reply in support of the motion to disqualify counsel for defendant Darren G. Gibson (re Dkt. 46) · text
2026-07-14 52 Court Order Granting Late Response Brief · text
2026-07-14 53 Court Order Denying Motion to Disqualify Counsel · text
2026-07-14 55 Court Order Denying as Moot Motion to Amend (Dkt. 26) · text
2026-08-05 58 Defendants Response to the renewed motion for leave (Dkt. 57) · text
2026-08-20 59 Plaintiff Reply in support of the renewed motion for leave to file a second amended complaint (re Dkt. 57) · text
2026-09-23 60 Court Order adopting the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation (Dkt. 54) · text
2026-09-23 61 Court Order denying the renewed motion for leave (Dkt. 57) · text
2026-09-23 62 Court Final Judgment · text

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