Certification Of Public Importance - United States v. L'Anse Area Schools

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION LOUIS OWEN,
Plaintiff,

File No. 2:00-cv-71

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Intervenor,

Hon. Gordon J. Quist
U.S. District Judge

v.

L'ANSE AREA SCHOOLS, et al. Defendant.

Pursuant to delegation from the United States Attorney General, see 28 C.F.R. § .50(a), I, Bill Lann Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, hereby certify, in accordance with Section 706(f)(1) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1), that the above-captioned matter is of general public importance and that, accordingly, intervention by the United States as plaintiff is warranted.

Respectfully submitted,

__________________________

BILL LANN LEE
Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division