Armenti trial postponed
Jury selection has been postponed for 10 months in the federal civil rights lawsuit former California University of Pennsylvania president Angelo Armenti Jr. filed over his firing.
Both Armenti and the defendants, which include the State System of Higher Education and members of its board of governors, petitioned the Harrisburg court to delay the case to give them enough time to wade through huge volumes of discovery documents, court records show.
Armenti filed the lawsuit in October 2012, five months after he was fired on the heels of a special audit of Cal U. funds and spending on a new convocation center. He claimed the state system engaged in a campaign to discredit him and gave the false impression he mismanaged the university.
The state system has argued the case lacks concrete evidence.
U.S. District Judge John E. Jones II ordered a new discovery deadline of Dec. 31 and set jury selection for June 3.