HUNTSVILLE Ala.
Fired Alabama A&M University President Robert Jennings plans to challenge his dismissal in court, his attorney said.
The university’s board of trustees voted 7-1 Monday to fire Jennings after he had served as the school’s president for a little more than a year.
“He feels like this was an absolute travesty of justice,” his attorney, John Saxon of Birmingham, told The Huntsville Times. “It was a kangaroo court. I’m not even sure, first of all, that this was a lawful meeting.”
Saxon said Jennings was not given a hearing or a chance to respond publicly to the charges against him. He said the decision to fire Jennings was based on the report of an ad hoc committee never approved by the board.
“He has not been afforded due process, and we plan to fully challenge the decision and all of these points in Madison County Circuit Court,” Saxon said.
Jennings sat silently during much of the nearly two-hour board meeting and left before it ended.
