Title IX Recap: What Happened in February 2023?

Every month, we distribute a “Title IX Recap,” providing a highlight of the previous month’s litigation, advocacy, and other Title IX-related matters. As always, more information on any lawsuits by accused students or Title IX OCR resolutions will be found in our Accused Students Database and OCR Resolutions Database respectively.

February Additions to Our Databases

In February, we added:

9 lawsuits to Title IX Lawsuits Database for a total of 850
5 resolved Title IX investigations to our OCR Investigations Database for a total of 851
16 Title IX attorneys to our Attorneys Database for a total of 1,641

Another accused student commits suicide. Parents sue.

The recent suicide by an accused student demonstrates what we have long asserted: accusations of misconduct are not just life-altering, but sometimes life-ending, which makes fair procedures and false allegations that much more worthy of our attention. This lawsuit and the complaint are in our Title IX Lawsuits Database.

Brandeis’ Motion for Summary Judgment Denied on Breach of Contract and Fairness Claims

Judge Angel Kelley (a Biden nominee) noted that Brandeis afforded the accused student no hearing, the panel never saw the respondent, and the Title IX Coordinator that – in activist fashion – “took a more active role than the policy prescribes” and “worked actively…in formulating a sanction for Doe.” This lawsuit is in our Title IX Lawsuits Database.

TRO granted in Doe v. UNC

“The Court finds that there is no substantial potential prejudice to the Defendants in maintaining the status quo during that short period of time until a hearing can be held on the Plaintiff’s request for preliminary injunctive relief. Further, there is a probability of irreparable harm to the Plaintiff should the requested relief not be granted.” Plaintiff is represented by Nesenoff & Miltenberg. This lawsuit is in our Title IX Lawsuits Database.

Press Release: With Regulatory Changes Looming, College Men Approach a Title IX Misconduct Minefield

College men and their parents beware – new regulations will soon go into effect stripping essential due process protections from students accused of sexual misconduct.

Motion to Dismiss (Mostly) Granted in Doe v. Virginia Tech

“Doe has not pled facts showing that he has a property interest in his continued enrollment at Virginia Tech.” One of several Title IX claims proceed, but only related to grant funding and retaliation. This lawsuit is in our Title IX Lawsuits Database.

Emory doctor sues university, claims anti-male bias in investigation

“There is perhaps no more expedient path to the ruin of one’s career and reputation than to be accused of sexual misconduct.” This lawsuit and the complaint are in our Title IX Lawsuits Database.

WSU Sexual Assault Case Reaches State Supreme Court

Washington State Supreme Court now has a case before them that asks “whether universities have a special obligation to protect students from sexual assault off campus.”

Jury awards VA teacher $5 million over wrongful sex abuse case

“Winters said she could not get a job for two years, even as a stock clerk in a grocery, with her master’s degree in teaching. She lost all of her friends, many from her years in Loudoun schools. And she developed intense anxiety, including an involuntary tremor. ‘It became so humiliating, I literally couldn’t go out of my house,’ Winters said. ‘This has been going on for four years. The repeated trauma of having to relive this created this tremor. My entire body shakes.’”

Title IX retaliation policies prevent clubs from expelling alleged assailants

An article complaining, in no small part, about how accused students are not expelled despite complainants refusing to file official complaints.

Stanford University’s Pernicious Snitching Apparatus

“Stanford University’s Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) debacle showed that Stanford bureaucrats, like their Orwellian prototypes, are eager to make a Newspeak dictionary with ever-fewer approved words. But they are doing something even more sinister: using software to track the behavior of campus community members and encourage them to report one another for alleged bias incidents.”

MUW publishes results from name change survey

Mississippi University for Women, a coed school since 1982, considered changing its name to one of eight sex-neutral names and issued a survey last fall. Here are the results, published this month

College removes photos of white males from entrance to prove commitment to diversity

“Texas A&M’s School of Medicine removed photos of graduating seniors who are white males, which were prominently displayed at the entrance of the school, as an example of the university’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).”

Former Ohio State football player Amir Riep of Colerain found not guilty of rape by a jury

“Defense attorneys…argued during the trial that the woman had consensual sex with both men but regretted it afterward, and accused the victim’s father of pushing his daughter and authorities to pursue criminal charges.”

Stanford denies ethics probe into female law professor accused of extreme anti-male bias

“Stanford University will not open a Title IX and ethics investigation into law Professor Michele Dauber despite a list of allegations that allege to show her repeated bias against males.”

Female scholars more likely than male counterparts to be elected to prestigious US scientific societies, finds study

“Female researchers…are 3–15 times more likely to be elected as members of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) or the American Academy of Arts and Sciences than are male counterparts who have similar publication and citation records.”

A graph of data from the study of student views on speech. The graph shows significant differences between, especially, men and women, and straight and - as the graph labels it - "non hetero" students.

UW System Student Views on Freedom of Speech: Summary of Survey Responses

The study found that female students were ~2x as likely to support the process of reporting students to administrators for saying things that – subjectively of course – cause *some* students to *feel* harm.

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