Utah State Associate Athletic Director Advances Suit Over Firing

Two former Utah State University officials must face an executive associate athletic director’s claims that her firing violated procedural due process after she allegedly failed to immediately disclose a witness during a Title IX investigation.

Amy Crosbie sufficiently alleges then-President Elizabeth Cantwell and then-Vice President and Director of Athletics Diana Sabau terminated her effective immediately without prior notice or a chance to respond, despite her lack of prior discipline, the US District Court for the District of Utah said. Claims against Cantwell and Sabau in their individual capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 also survived dismissal because Crosbie adequately asserts ...