The Fifth Circuit recently considered a case in which a university student alleged the university violated his constitutional rights and Title IX with regard to an arrest, search, and the resulting disciplinary proceedings against him.
According to the court’s opinion, the plaintiff had been a student at a public university in Mississippi. He drove to campus to go to class with woman who was considering going to the university. The two started arguing and the woman alleged the plaintiff physically removed her from the vehicle “very violently.”
A campus police officer arrested the plaintiff and found a handgun when he searched the plaintiff’s backpack.