Jane Doe v. Timothy White, et al.

When State actors threaten to deprive individuals of liberty or property, the Fourteenth Amendment requires procedural protections that comport with minimum standards of fairness. In Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565, 573-76 (1975), this Court held that high school students had been unconstitutionally deprived of their Fourteenth Amendment liberty and property interests when they were suspended without notice and an opportunity to be heard. The questions presented are:

1. Whether students at public colleges and universities have, as a matter of right, liberty and property interests when facing suspension or expulsion, or whether they must make a particular showing to establish such interests.

2. Whether, given this Court’s decades’-old decision in Goss, the law was clearly established at the time of the events giving rise to this case such that Respondents are not protected by qualified immunity.