TITLE IX Lawsuit: John Doe Sues Univ. of Arkansas for ‘predetermined’ outcome
A lawsuit filed Friday under a pseudonym claims a University of Arkansas student was wrongly sanctioned this year for violating the school’s sexual harassment and sexual misconduct policy, stating UA had a “predetermined” outcome to his case. According to the lawsuit, “John Doe” was a UA senior when a three-person panel in April found him responsible for sexual assault in violation of UA policy, reversing an earlier ruling by the university’s Title IX coordinator. Following the university’s initial decision, “Jane Roe,” according to the lawsuit, “began to publicly criticize the University’s decision to multiple media outlets and began a widely-followed on-campus protest.” The lawsuit describes this as “motivation” to reverse the initial finding. The lawsuit names as defendants the University of Arkansas; the university’s board of trustees; Tyler R. Farrar, the university’s Title IX coordinator; and four others, including members of the UA panel that heard the appeal. Along with unspecified damages and the reversal of findings against him, “John Doe” asks for a court-ordered halt to “continued due process violations” in the university’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints,
arkansasonline.com By Jaime Adame
