United States Second Circuit

In a college student's suit against a university alleging violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. section 1681 et seq. and state law by acting with sex bias in investigating him and suspending him for an alleged sexual assault, the District Court's dismissal of the complaint for failure to state a claim, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), is vacated and remanded where the complaint meets the low standard described in Littlejohn v. City of New York, 795 F.3d 297 (2d Cir. 2015), of alleging facts giving rise to a plausible minimal inference of bias sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss, which applies in Title IX cases.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/07/29

Judges

• LEVAL

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel