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193047P.pdf 04/02/2021 Elizabeth Shank v. Carleton College
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 19-3047
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Benton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil Case - Title IX, ADA, Rehabilitation Act. The district court's grant
of summary judgment to the university on claims that it mishandled sexual
misconduct disciplinary process and was deliberately indifferent is
affirmed. Under claim of violation of Title IX, the university's
limitation on Shank's participation in the adjudicatory process in the
university's complaint, permitting Shank to meet one-on-one with the
abuser, failing to remove posters of the abuser on campus, and not
promptly finding new accommodations did not amount to deliberate
indifference that was so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that
it deprived her of the educational opportunities or benefits to which she
was entitled. Under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act, Shanks failed to show
the university failed to provide reasonable accommodation.