CONFIDENTIAL PDF of Settlement Between U Illinois & Ex-Student Accused
The University of Illinois appears to have granted a degree to a former MBA student accused of alleged sexual assault. The student was accused of alleged sex assault after he had participated in his graduation ceremony last year, but before he had received his diploma. Without a diploma Doe faced termination from his job in Boston, which he said was going to sponsor him for a renewal of his visa. After being dismissed from the UI in November 2018, Doe filed a federal lawsuit in March against the university, arguing his due-process rights had been violated, and sought an emergency request to receive his degree, which was denied in April.
When he denied the emergency request, U.S. District Judge Colin Bruce said that if the lawsuit had been filed correctly, it would have had a decent chance at succeeding in its breach-of-contract and due-process claims…The student was allowed to submit a petition for re-admission and agreed to drop his federal lawsuit against the UI if he was accepted and had the degree conferred by June 30, according to a settlement.
Read the settlement agreement between John Doe and University of Illinois
news-gazette-B. Zigterman
