GWU FLOUTS Court Order by Dismissing New Evidence in Title IX Appeal
Ordered by a federal judge to consider an appeal by a student it found responsible for sexual misconduct, George Washington University flouted its obligation by repeatedly mischaracterizing new evidence, according to an amended version of the student’s lawsuit. “John Doe” also alleges that the private university allowed his accuser, student Gillian Chandler, to bring forward “more false allegations” that he had stalked her on Facebook. In order to allow this, GWU invented a procedure out of thin air, he claims. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer had previously faulted the official responsible for Title IX appeals for repeatedly using the wrong standard to judge appeals, violating GWU’s own rules. She wouldn’t even let Robert Snyder, executive director of planning and outreach, consider Doe’s appeal again in light of his years of misreading his own duties. Instead, the judge sent the matter to an appeals panel.
thecollegefix By Jeremiah Poff
