No. 25-5606

Joan Doe v. Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, in their Official Capacity, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: ada-title-ii ada-title-v administrative-law due-process fourteenth-amendment university-discipline
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw ERISA SocialSecurity DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-10-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause permits a 13-day interim suspension without notice or an exigency claim that merged into an eight-month suspension, using the same evidence to justify both deprivations

Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Due Process Clause permits a 13-day interim suspension —without notice or an exigency claim —that merged into an eight month suspension, where the same evidence was used to justify both deprivations? 2. Whether claims under Titles II and V of the ADA may be dismissed on state law or Eleventh Amendment grounds, and whether a state law school must subject itself suit under the ADA? 3. Whether, under Title II of the ADA and the Due Process Clause, a school may condition access to education on a student ’s submission to a psychiatric exam, absent an exigency claim, where protected speech was the but-for cause of the ordered exam, and whether the First and Fourteenth Amendment require heightened or strict scrutiny review of the claim? 4. Whether an ADA Title V retaliation claim requires the plaintiff to prove retaliatory motive as a threshold element, and whether heightened scrutiny applies when protected speech triggered the state action? 5. Whether review of a Rule 56 motion allows judicial discretion in (1) the evidentiary standard applied, and (2) the use of credibility determinations?

Docket Entries

2025-10-14
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
2025-09-11
Waiver of right of respondent Bd. of Trustees Univ. AR, et al. to respond filed.
2025-07-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 14, 2025)
2025-04-29
Application (24A1047) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 11, 2025.
2025-04-25
Application (24A1047) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 12, 2025 to July 11, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Bd. of Trustees Univ. AR, et al.
Carmine Joseph Cordi Jr.University of Ark. Office of the General Counsel, Respondent
Carmine Joseph Cordi Jr.University of Ark. Office of the General Counsel, Respondent
Joan Doe
Joan Doe — Petitioner
Joan Doe — Petitioner