Royeton v. Toronto District School Board, 2016 HRTO 358

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Robin Royeton

Applicant

-and-

Toronto District School Board, Sir Robert L. Borden Business & Technical Institute, Andrea Alimi and Anthony Hack

Respondents

DECISION

Adjudicator: Brian Eyolfson
Date: March 21, 2016
Citation: 2016 HRTO 358
Indexed as: Royeton v. Toronto Disctrict School Board

1This Application was filed under section 34 of Part IV of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”), on August 27, 2014. The Application was scheduled to be heard by the Tribunal on August 24 and 25, 2015. On August 20, 2015, the applicant requested an adjournment of the hearing dates, based on medical reasons, which was granted by the Tribunal.

2By Case Assessment Direction (“CAD”), dated August 27, 2015, the Tribunal directed the applicant to contact the respondents and the Tribunal by no later than October 26, 2015 to request that this matter be rescheduled, or to deliver and file a further request for an adjournment. The Tribunal indicated that if the applicant did not contact the Tribunal by that date, the Application may be dismissed as abandoned.

3On October 15, 2015, the applicant delivered and filed a further request for an adjournment for medical reasons, which was granted by the Tribunal. In a CAD dated November 20, 2015, the Tribunal directed that the applicant contact the respondents and the Tribunal by no later than January 15, 2016 to request that this matter be rescheduled, or to request a further adjournment. The Tribunal indicated that if the applicant did not contact the Tribunal by no later than January 15, 2016, the Application may be dismissed as abandoned.

4To date, the applicant has neither requested that this matter be rescheduled nor filed a further request for an adjournment, and it is more than two months past the January 15, 2016 deadline for doing so set out in the Tribunal’s November 20, 2015 CAD. In addition, the Tribunal has not otherwise heard from the applicant, or her representative, since the October 15, 2015 adjournment request was made. In the circumstances, the Application is deemed to be abandoned and dismissed on that basis.

5The Application is dismissed.