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Joan Doe v. Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, in their Official Capacity, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 24-1035 · judgment December 19, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 14, 2025

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Due Process Clause permits a 13-day interim suspension—without notice or an exigency claim—that merged into an eight month suspension, where the same evidence was used to justify both deprivations?

  2. Whether claims under Titles II and V of the ADA may be dismissed on state law or Eleventh Amendment grounds, and whether a state law school must subject itself suit under the ADA?

  3. Whether, under Title II of the ADA and the Due Process Clause, a school may condition access to education on a student’s submission to a psychiatric exam, absent an exigency claim, where protected speech was the but-for cause of the ordered exam, and whether the First and Fourteenth Amendment require heightened or strict scrutiny review of the claim?

  4. Whether an ADA Title V retaliation claim requires the plaintiff to prove retaliatory motive as a threshold element, and whether heightened scrutiny applies when protected speech triggered the state action?

  5. Whether review of a Rule 56 motion allows judicial discretion in (1) the evidentiary standard applied, and (2) the use of credibility determinations?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joan Doe

For respondent
Carmine Joseph Cordi Jr.
University of Ark. Office of the General Counsel

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A1047

Proceedings

  1. Oct 14 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 18 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
  3. Sep 11 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Bd. of Trustees Univ. AR, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jul 10 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 14, 2025)
  5. Apr 29 2025
    Application (24A1047) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 11, 2025.
  6. Apr 25 2025
    Application (24A1047) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 12, 2025 to July 11, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.