FEDERAL APPEALS Court Slams BC for Dean Telling TitleIX Arbiter How to Rule. John Doe Demands $3M
Boston College suspended a male student for a year after he allegedly reached his hand up a girl’s skirt at a dance. The student claims not just that he didn’t do it but that another male student admitted his guilt. The suspended student John Doe, highlighted that argument in a lawsuit filed against the college. Doe achieved a partial victory in court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated a lower court’s ruling against Doe. His claim that the college violated his contractual rights, as well as basic fairness, will proceed. Not only did Boston College ignore Doe’s evidence that he was not responsible and that another man had committed the assault, but a dean actively encouraged reluctant adjudicators who were considering a “no finding” verdict to rule against Doe anyway… But the court refused to approve the part of Doe’s lawsuit that alleged the college’s Title IX procedures were “infected with a systemic gender bias,” driven by since-rescinded Title IX guidance from the Department of Education…Now the case will return to the lower court, which will rule on the basic fairness and breach-of-contract claims. John Doe and his parents, demanded at least $3 million in compensatory damages and expungement of the proceedings from Doe’s record when they sued more than two years ago.
thecollegefix.com By Greg Piper reason.com By Robby Soave
