Title IX Violation – Actual Knowledge

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Jane Dane No. 55 v. Madison Metropolitan School District

Case No.: 17-1521

Officials: EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges, and LEE, District Judge.

Focus: Title IX Violation – Actual Knowledge

The allegations in this case are troubling, to say the least. The appellant, Jane Doe, claims that she was sexually assaulted by a security guard at her middle school while she was in eighth grade. Seeking redress, she filed suit against the Madison Metropolitan School District under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a). To obtain damages against the school district, Doe was required to prove, among other things, that a school official had actual knowledge of the alleged conduct. The question in this case is whether a reasonable jury could have found, based upon the summary judgment record, that the principal at Doe’s middle school had actual knowledge of the security guard’s misconduct. The district court thought not and granted summary judgment in the school district’s favor. We affirm.

Affirmed

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