No. 24-1087

David B. Porter v. F. Tyler Sergent, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: disciplinary-hearing due-process federal-funding procedural-fairness state-action title-ix
Latest Conference: 2025-06-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

May a private college which receives federal funding always rely upon a "no state action" defense in denying its employee due process or procedural fairness in a Title IX disciplinary hearing?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a private college which receives federal funding always rely upon a 'no state action' defense in denying its employee due process or procedural fairness in a Title IX disciplinary hearing?

Docket Entries

2025-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
2025-04-30
Waiver of right of respondent Tyler Sergent to respond filed.
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2025-04-29
Waiver of right of respondent Berea College to respond filed.
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2025-04-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 19, 2025)
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Attorneys

Berea College
Thomas Edwin Joseph Travis — Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Respondent
Dr. David B. Porter
John Faris Lackey — Lackey Law Office, Petitioner
Tyler Sergent
Thomas W. Miller — Miller, Griffin & Marks, P.S.C., Respondent