213340P.pdf   09/14/2023  John Doe  v.  University of Iowa
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-3340
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Wollman and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Title IX. Doe was expelled from the University after two 
   fellow students accused him of sexual assault and sexual harassment. He 
   filed this action alleging discrimination on the basis of sex under Title 
   IX and procedural due process violations under Section 1983. The district 
   court found the defendant University officials were entitled to qualified 
   immunity on the Section 1983 claims and granted the University summary 
   judgment on the Title IX claims. Doe appeals. With respect to the Title IX 
   issues, Doe failed to show the University's findings of misconduct were 
   against the weight of the evidence; nor did Doe present any direct 
   evidence of sex bias in the investigation or review of the matter; claim 
   that the University was under external pressure and was therefore biased 
   against males rejected; with respect to the Section 1983 claims, Doe was 
   given adequate notice of the charges against him; the hearing Doe received 
   was not fundamentally unfair - he had notice of the charges, was present 
   throughout and represented by counsel, offered and objected to evidence, 
   could call witnesses and presented a closing argument - and the defendants 
   were entitled to summary judgment on his remaining due process claims.