Former IU Medical School student ordered to pay $20K in Title IX case - Indiana Lawyer

A erstwhile aesculapian schoolhouse pupil who sued the Indiana University School of Medicine and its apical officials successful a Title IX suit has been ordered to wage the instauration much than $20,000 contempt a pending entreaty earlier the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana connected Monday declared that IU filed a decently supported measure of costs requesting that John Doe beryllium charged $20,568.56 successful narration to the suit helium filed against the school.

Doe, proceeding nether a pseudonym, sued the schoolhouse aft helium was expelled pursuing an probe into intersexual misconduct allegations.

In his suit, Doe asserted that the university, the trustees and assemblage officials, including IUSM Dean Jay Hess and Senior Associate Dean for Medical Student Education Bradley Allen, violated Title IX and his 14^th Amendment owed process rights by depriving him of his protected liberty and spot interests.

The Indiana Southern District Court antecedently partially granted the defendants’ partial question to disregard successful John Doe v. The Trustees of Indiana University, et al., 1:20-cv-02006.

However, Judge James Sweeney fto basal the owed process claims for prospective injunctive alleviation against Hess and Allen successful their authoritative capacities, noting that surviving claims against the officials would beryllium considered successful the determination connected summary judgment.

Final judgement was entered successful IU’s favour successful March, and an entreaty is present pending.

In a Monday measure of costs order, Doe contested the $20,568.56 measure and requested that the territory tribunal enactment ruling connected costs pending the appeal.

He specifically questioned an Oct. 5, 2020, transcript invoice for $931.50, the expedite charges connected deposition transcripts betwixt Nov. 4-9, 2020, and a deposition transcript invoice from Sept. 1, 2021, arsenic good arsenic photocopying charges.

The territory court, however, concluded Doe indispensable pay.

“The Court is persuaded that the measure of costs is satisfactory without adjustment,” Sweeney wrote. “The October 5, 2020, invoice was for a transcript of Doe’s Title IX hearing. That outgo is tenable and necessary: some parties utilized the transcript; it was cited by the Court.

“The November 4–9 expedite charges were tenable and indispensable due to the fact that of the accelerated find docket imposed by the Court’s Scheduling Order of October 14, 2020,” Sweeney continued. “Accelerated find was instigated by Plaintiff’s tendency for an expeditious ruling connected his Motion for Preliminary Injunction.

“The September 1, 2021 expedite complaint is justified by the scheduling difficulties with deposing Plaintiff’s damages expert. Finally, the photocopy charges of $971.60 (at $0.10 a page) are tenable fixed the magnitude and complexity of this case.”

The territory tribunal observed that due to the fact that Doe gave nary statement successful enactment of his petition for a stay, it saw nary crushed to assistance him one.

“The substantive entreaty is inactive pending; this Order connected costs tin beryllium appealed separately and consolidated, should Doe wish,” Sweeney wrote. “… The Clerk is directed to taxation costs to John Doe successful the magnitude of $20,568.56 and see the costs successful the judgment.”

-Indiana Lawyer elder newsman Marilyn Odendahl contributed to this report.