Back to the Real Salt Lake Newsfeed

Westminster College student sues for discrimination after school moves her and her service dog 8 times

Light, cold drizzle fell as Katrina Cleaveland pulled a wagon full of her belongings across a parking lot and into her new apartment on Foothill Drive on Friday.

She’d prefer to be living on campus at Westminster College, the liberal arts college she attends in Salt Lake City. But she can’t, not until September, because she’s suspended until then from student housing.

In the meantime, the 21-year-old student has sued Westminster, accusing it of discrimination in denying her reasonable housing accommodations for her and her service dog, Todd.

The lawsuit asserts Cleaveland, who has severe hearing impairment and post-traumatic stress disorder, was moved eight times in nine months.