Education Law,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 13, 2020
Berkeley sex assault policies may encourage misconduct, judge says
“The plaintiffs have plausibly alleged that the university maintained a de facto policy of deliberate indifference toward sexual misconduct that created a heightened risk of harassment that was obvious,” wrote U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick of San Francisco in a ruling Thursday.
A federal judge refused to dismiss Thursday a lawsuit by three women claiming UC Berkeley upheld policies on campus sexual violence proceedings that encouraged incidents of misconduct.
"The plaintiffs have plausibly alleged that the university maintained a de facto policy of deliberate indifference toward sexual misconduct that created a heightened risk of harassment that was obvious," wrote U.S. District Judge
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