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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 $95

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