DOE v. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS-FAYETTEVILLE

No. 19-1842.

974 F.3d 858 (2020)

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS-FAYETTEVILLE; Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas; Tyler R. Farrar, individually and in his official capacity; Jon Comstock, individually and in his official capacity; Eric Specking, individually and in his official capacity; Dina Wood, individually and in her official capacity; Kristin Barnett, individually and in her official capacity, Defendants-Appellees. Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Heather G. Zachary , of Little Rock, AR. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Robert Alexander Gaines , of Little Rock, AR, and Justin C. Zachary , of Conway, AR.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Carmine Joseph Cordi, Jr. , of Fayetteville, AR. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Carmine Joseph Cordi, Jr. , of Fayetteville, AR.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; Brett David Watson , of Searcy, AR, and Samantha Harris , of Philadelphia, PA.

Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


John Doe, a former student at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, sued the University (through its Board of Trustees) and several university officials, claiming that they violated his rights in a disciplinary action against him. The district court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss. We conclude that the complaint...

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