No. 19-509

Jane Doe v. Dardanelle School District

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: civil-rights damages-liability deliberate-indifference due-process educational-discrimination educational-opportunities federal-funding sexual-harassment student-harassment student-on-student-harassment title-ix
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-10 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a recipient of federal funding may be held liable where it takes any action in response to complaints of sexual harassment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions Presented In Davis v. Monroe Cty. Bd. of Educ., 526.U.S. 629, 633 (1999), this Court held that a recipient of federal education funding may be liable for damages under 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. (“Title IX”) for . discrimination in the form of student-on-student sexual harassment where the recipient acts with deliberate indifference. The Court further noted that : “courts should refrain from second-guessing the disciplinary decisions made by school administrators,” Id. at 648. And the Court wrote that the recipient may only be held liable where the sexual harassment “can be said to deprive the victims of access to the , educational opportunities or benefits provided by the school.” Id. at 650. . The questions presented are: 1. Whether a recipient of federal funding may be held liable where it takes any action in ; . response to complaints of sexual’ harassment. 2. Whether a victim can be deprived of educational opportunities or benefits absent oe a decline in grade point average. .

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-20
Waiver of right of respondent Dardanelle School District to respond filed.
2019-10-21
Motion (19M57) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
2019-10-02
MOTION (19M57) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-09-25
Motion (19M57) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2019-09-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2019)

Attorneys

Dardanelle School District
William Cody KeesBequette, Billingsley & Kees, P.A., Respondent
William Cody KeesBequette, Billingsley & Kees, P.A., Respondent
Jane Doe
Mason L. BolingKeith, Miller, Butler, Schneider & Pawlik, PLLC, Petitioner
Mason L. BolingKeith, Miller, Butler, Schneider & Pawlik, PLLC, Petitioner