JAMES MADISON Ordered to Pay $849,000 for it’s Title IX Zealotry
From 2011 to the end of the Obama administration, OCR threatened colleges with losing millions of their federal funding if procedures weren’t implemented to maximize the number of successful Title IX accuser complaints. Colleges were expected to use pro-accuser policies, and deny due process to those accused. When James Madison University irrationally punished John Doe, he filed suit against JMU, arguing that it had failed to live up to its self-declared obligation to provide all students with fair and equitable procedures when accused. Because JMU brazenly bent over backwards to accommodate Jane Roe, Judge Dillon refused to dismiss the procedural due process case against JMU and followed up with an order that John Doe be reinstated and his record as a sexual predator be expunged. But that left the matter of legal costs unresolved. Judge Dillon turned that over to U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Hoppe, who ruled on January 31, 2018 that JMU must pay over $849,000 in legal expenses Doe incurred.
forbes.com By George Leef
