JUDGE ORDERS U-M to Release Transcript to Accused Student. He’s Never Been Charged.
A federal judge has ordered the University of Michigan to “immediately” release to a student his transcripts. Judge Tarnow issued the order 10 days after the engineering student sued U-M, claiming the university is interfering with his future by placing a hold on his transcripts while it investigates claims that he sexually assaulted a female student in his dorm room last fall. The male student denies the allegation and argues that U-M is violating his due process rights – rights the university gives other students accused of other violations on campus. The female accuser filed for a no-contact order against him and later claimed he violated the order in a University dining hall, though the male’s Mcard records allegedly prove otherwise. The male student said they did have sex, but it was sober and consensual, and he declined when she suggested having sex again. Citing a 2017 case, Doe v. Cincinnati, the lawsuit claims the University denied the male student of his due process rights by not providing cross-examination. Filed June 4 by Deborah Gordon Law on behalf of the male U-M student, the lawsuit claims the administration discriminates against males accused of sexual assault by conducting incomplete investigations.The lawsuit also claims the administration was unfair in withholding his transcript based on hearsay. There have been no findings against the male student thus far.
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