No. 20-6611

John Paul Mullaney v. University of St. Thomas

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2020-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: academic-sanctions censorship civil-rights discovery discovery-rule due-process ferpa fifth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is the intent of FERPA to protect the privacy of student and faculty as a preliminary subsociety, not use 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(4)(B)(i&ii) in a punitive manner to exclude discloser of evidence on student as a means towards censorship?

If college hearings rises to the level of capricious by the courts for review, should Discovery Rule 29 and those evident material facts be relevant towards Due Process in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the intent of FERPA to protect the privacy of student and faculty as a preliminary subsociety, not use 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(4)(B)G&ii) in a punitive manner to exclude discloser of evidence on student as a means towards censorship?

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2020-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 11, 2021)

Attorneys

John P. Mullaney
John Paul Mullaney — Petitioner