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SHEPPARD v. VISITORS OF VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 19-2452.

993 F.3d 230 (2021)

Malcolm X. SHEPPARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The VISITORS OF VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY; Henry Debose, individually, Defendants-Appellees, and Letizia Gambrell-Boone, individually and in her official capacity; Julia A. Walker, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 2, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Scott G. Crowley , CROWLEY & CROWLEY, Glen Allen, Virginia, for Appellant. Michelle Shane Kallen , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Samuel T. Towell , Deputy Attorney General, Ronald N. Regnery , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sandra S. Gregor , Assistant Attorney General, Toby J. Heytens , Solicitor General, Martine E. Cicconi , Deputy Solicitor General, Jessica Merry Samuels , Assistant Attorney General, Zachary R. Glubiak , John Marshall Fellow , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia; Ramona L. Taylor , University Legal Counsel, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Petersburg, Virginia, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Thacker joined.

Malcolm X. Sheppard appeals the district court's dismissal of both his Title IX claim against the Visitors of Virginia State University and his Fourteenth Amendment claims against Henry Debose, a university administrator. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I.

Sheppard's claims arise from an altercation...

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