DOE v. BROWN UNIVERSITY

No. 17-1941.

896 F.3d 127 (2018)

Jane DOE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BROWN UNIVERSITY in Providence in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Jonah Allen Ward, and Yolanda Castillo-Appollonio, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Murphy , with whom Patrick T. Jones , Audrey R. Poore , and Jones Kelleher LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Thomas R. Bender , Associate Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Brown University, with whom Steven M. Richard and Nixon Peabody LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Jenna M. Labourr and Washington Injury Lawyers, PLLC, on brief for amici curiae Equal Means Equal, National Coalition Against Violent Athletes, Allies Reaching for Equality, and Faculty Against Rape, in support of appellant.

Before Torruella, Lynch, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


In November 2013, Jane Doe ("Doe"), then a freshman at Providence College, was sexually assaulted by three students of Brown University ("Brown") on Brown's campus. After Doe reported the assault to the local authorities in the City of Providence, Brown notified Doe that it would conduct an inquiry to determine whether...

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