University of Illinois Narrows Ex-Student’s Title IX Bias Suit

A federal judge dismissed a 14th Amendment due process claim from an former University of Illinois medical student who claims he was unfairly expelled over an alleged sexual assault.

The ex-student, identified in court documents as John Doe, alleged that the process to determine whether he sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend, identified as Jane Roe, was biased against him. Doe’s lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois claimed that the panel that deemed him in violation of the university’s student code was biased against him and that his own assault claim against Roe was treated less ...