A federal judge will allow expelled University of North Carolina student Jacob Doe to continue to pursue his lawsuit against the university without using his real name. Doe accuses UNC of botching a sexual assault investigation against him.
A federal judge has issued an injunction blocking the University of North Carolina from revealing the real name of Jacob Doe, an expelled student challenging the university’s handling of sexual assault charges against him. US District Judge Martin Reidinger’s injunction order Tuesday scaled back Doe’s initial request. The order applies to the university and its employees but does not extend to students, media outlets, or other “third parties.”
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will not let a man proceed as “John Doe” in his federal lawsuit in North Carolina alleging a false accusation of sexual assault. The case had attracted attention from the First Amendment Coalition and UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, namesake of Reason magazine’s “The Volokh Conspiracy” blog.
A federal court order Tuesday bars the University of North Carolina from releasing information that could reveal the name of an expelled student who is suing the school. The student claims UNC botched a sexual assault investigation against him.
A federal court hearing scheduled Tuesday morning in Asheville could help determine whether a former University of North Carolina student can continue to shield his real name while he sues the school. The student identified as Jacob Doe claims UNC Chapel Hill botched a sexual assault investigation before expelling him.
A former student challenging his expulsion from the University of North Carolina opposes the university’s request to have his federal lawsuit moved closer to the Chapel Hill campus. The student argues that UNC botched a sexual assault investigation against him.
The University of North Carolina System is asking a federal judge to move a sexual assault lawsuit from the state’s Western District to the Middle District. The plaintiff in the case is an expelled student who argues the university botched its investigation of assault allegations against him.
The University of North Carolina is urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from an expelled student. The student claims UNC Chapel Hill botched an investigation of sexual assault claims against him in 2021.
Lawyers for the University of North Carolina and an expelled honors student will not have to head to court next week for a hearing in the student’s lawsuit against UNC. A court order issued Wednesday called off a hearing that had been scheduled for March 7. The male student accuses the university of mishandling its response to sexual assault accusations against him.
Almost a month after a jury ruled against her, a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg student is appealing her case to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The student claims the city and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools mishandled her report of a sexual assault near Myers Park High School in 2015.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continues to come under fire for how it has handled allegations from students who say they were sexually assaulted on campus. Lawsuits filed by two former students of Myers Park High School claim school administrators failed to take seriously their reports that they were raped or sexually assaulted at school. Since then, several...
