John Oirya v. Brigham Young University

Pursuant to S. Ct. R. 10(c), this case presents the following important questions of federal law and public interest that implicate millions of students and employees at practically all of America’s thousands of public and private schools:

1. Should this Court amend its holding in Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565, 579 (1975), and require feder­ al courts to review the disciplinary decision of a school for the existence of substantial evidence of guilt against the accused party?

2. Should this Court amend its holdings in Wood v. Strickland, 420 U.S. 308, 326 (1975) and Davis v. Monroe County Bd. ofEduc., 526 U.S. 629, 648 (1999), and grant federal courts the mandate to set aside a school’s disciplinary decision that is found to be arbi­ trary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, contrary to law and/or unsupported by substantial evidence of guilt against the accused party?