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JANE DOE,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY,
Defendant-Appellee. |
No. 19-5126 |
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Lexington.
No. 5:15-cv-00296—Joseph M. Hood, District Judge.
Argued: October 17, 2019
Decided and Filed: August 19, 2020
Before: BOGGS, BATCHELDER, and DONALD, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge. In this matter, we ask whether Plaintiff
Jane Doe (hereinafter “Doe”) can bring a Title IX, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, claim against a university
based on that university’s alleged deliberate indifference to a sexual assault by a university
student (i.e., a Title IX Davis claim, Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 526 U.S. 629
(1999)). Although not technically enrolled at Defendant University of Kentucky (hereinafter
“the University”), Doe lived, dined, and participated in student activities on the University’s
campus. She also hoped to attend the University and was enrolled at a Kentucky community
college that allows its students to transfer credits to the University and enroll in the University
through a simpler application process. The district court held that Doe could not bring such a
claim, finding that Doe was not a student of the University or a participant in any of the
University’s educational programs or activities. Because we find that Doe has sufficiently
shown that there remain genuine disputes as to whether the University denied her the benefit of
an “education program or activity,” she has standing to bring her Davis claim, and we
REVERSE and REMAND to the district court for further consideration of the merits of Doe’s
claim in light of this Court’s recent opinion in Kollaritsch v. Michigan State University Board of
Trustees, 944 F.3d 613, 619-24 (6th Cir. 2019). |
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JAMIE MARQUARDT,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
NICOLE CARLTON; CITY OF CLEVELAND, OHIO,
Defendants-Appellees. |
No. 19-4223 |
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland.
No. 1:18-cv-00333—Solomon Oliver, Jr., District Judge.
Argued: August 4, 2020
Decided and Filed: August 19, 2020
Before: GILMAN, BUSH, and READLER, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. While employed as a captain in the Cleveland
Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Jamie Marquardt allegedly made incendiary comments on
his private Facebook page regarding the death of twelve-year-old Tamir Rice, a tragic incident
that gripped Cleveland and the nation. Following his dismissal from the EMS, Marquardt
brought suit alleging he was terminated in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment free
speech rights. Because Marquardt’s social media posts addressed a matter of public concern, the
district court erred in granting summary judgment on that basis. Accordingly, we REVERSE
the judgment below and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. |
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