Déjà vu. Monaghan is trying it again, this time in the Whistleblower lawsuit of former Ave Maria College employee Katherine Ernsting. In July 2004, Ernsting was fired/replaced as manager of financial aid after she cooperated in a federal investigation that forced Ave Maria officials to pay back $259,000 in financial aid that was illegally distributed to students on the Florida campus. Ernsting filed the whistleblower’s suit in 2004; for five years Monaghan has been blocking the case from being heard by a judge and jury. Ave Maria University (Florida) was added to the lawsuit since the College (Michigan) is now defunct.