Virginia Tech Defeats Suspended Student’s Title IX Lawsuit

A student who was suspended from Virginia Polytechnic University following a Title IX investigation won’t be able to bring claims against university officials for gender discrimination and due process violations, the Fourth Circuit said Tuesday in a unanimous opinion.

Jacob Doe said he received insufficient process because school officials didn’t notify him of the specific charges against him before starting an investigation, he wasn’t able to present supporting witness testimony at a hearing, and the official “who heard his appeal didn’t consider the new evidence he offered” to rebut his former girlfriend’s claim that he isolated her from family and ...