Sufficiency of Students' Claims of Sex Discrimination and Due Process Violations against University

[摘要] Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Male Students' Claims of Sex Discrimination and Due Process Violations Against UniversityIn Austin v. University of Oregon, 925 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir. 2019), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the sufficiency of three male student-athletes' claims of sex discrimination and due process violation against the University of Oregon and its administrators. Following the publication of a police report of a female student's allegation of sexual assault against the male student-athletes, the university proceeded with formal disciplinary processes that ultimately resulted in the university declining to renew the male student-athletes' scholarships and suspending the student-athletes. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon's dismissal of the students' sex discrimination claim. In affirming the district court's dismissal of the due process claims, the Ninth Circuit assumed without deciding that the student-athletes had a liberty interest but held that the university did not violate the student-athletes' due process rights because the disciplinary proceedings provided the students with notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard.

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