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Hello All - I am calling this My TitleIX/Due Process Crusaders. I wanted to ask a HUGE favor. I am about to embark on a long fight with Drake University & Drake University Law School by filinng a federal lawsuit. A Little background on me...I am a 49 year old law student that
expelled from at the end of 11/19. This is all from a software glitch with my exam software the Associate Dean used as an opportunity to get rid of me. I have been long time Advocate, Trainer, & Speaker with lived experience of bipolar, general anxiety disorder, panic disorder,
and ADHD. surrounding Mental Health. After dealing with the Iowa Public Schools one of my children who also is living bipolar:( around IEP, 504, & Discipline Hearing and the Iowa Mental Health Care system for children (Worst 5 in Nation) decided could talk and hold training till
Blue in the face that I was going to also be a civil rights attorney. Never used accommodations during College or my MBA it was all new to me. The discrimination and elitism that I had to deal with was terrible. You can read the story on my feed and please feel free to check me
On Facebook or LinkedIn. Or if you know Tom Rossley @rossley I am sure he will vouch for me. We happen to have same attorney in Iowa, several mutual friends and have been following his sons case closely. I chose twitter to get my message out because is the main medium used by law
students, professors, and the entire law community. I started about 3 weeks ago basically at zero and over 1700 followers. I wanted to reach out to all of you because there are not very academic misconduct cases that make it to trial especially compared to Title IX cases over
Last five years. As I have been looking at different segments on Twitter this group comes close to home with my case. I will never compare how a young man feels being falsely accused of rape to me being accused of lying, cheating, manipulation of data, and access to prohibited
Materials during an exam. I will tell you after a successful 25+ year career in business to have your caharcter falsely attacked does really hurt. Especially when it goes against everything you believe. However, the worst thing is the manner in which the law school and the
University conducted themselves is inexcusable. From launching an investigation without telling me requiring me to provide information and access to my computer only to tell me they were “now” launching investigation. That information came out at my hearing. Next an arbitrary,
Capricious, and biased investigation performed by the same Associate Dean I had filed a complaint about earlier for discrimination with the school. The Associate Dean initially determines if by a preponderance of the evidence from his investigation should go to the honor board,
recommends punishment if Honor Board finds guilty (Here expulsion), and writes the Summary of Factual Findings. I was denied any information or items that would help prove my innocence and the Summary of Factual Findings was so skewed one sided including zero of exculpatory
evidence To a hearing that was NOT held in front of a impartial Honor Board that the Assiciate Dean was the prosector. My and attorney questions surrounding rules, policies, & procedures went unanswered and nothing provided about evidence, civil procedure, and expert witness. I
was denied many basic due process procedures but it Hearing was unfair lacking Fundamental Fairness in so many ways. In split decision the Honor Board found me guilty under a clear and convincing standard even though 3 of 4 allegations required I never launched the exam software
Per the 1st IT “expert” the school was relying on who unfortunately killed himself days after the Associate Dean report came out. The “substitute expert” the AD sprung on us 3 days before hearing said he was not willing to say I did not launch the software. The Honor Board never
provided a Finding of Fact so when I appealed to the full faculty the Deans realized there was no reasoning or information to review on appeal under a clearly erroneous standard. Because the Student Code of Conduct did not allow for it to be remanded back to Honor Board only
Allow to affirm or vacate with 2/3 vote they called faculty together and rewrote the entire appeal process. Initially the student could provide faculty with a brief within 15 days. That was it. Now both the student and Associate Dean would provide oral arguments to faculty and
Both also would provide briefs as well now. Additionally the student or his attorney were not allowed in the room during AD oral argument. The faculty now was to be provided the entire full and complete record for review after not having Finding of Fact for appeal review. I was
Only provided a list of categories of information provided to faculty and both myself and attorney denied access to shared drive to see items. On the day of appeal hearing become aware that two of the four hearing nights were not audio recorded so nothing was transcribed, several
Other motions were not provided, and most importantly more than 25% of students exhibits. These items were told to the faculty during hearing. Later finding out the Associate Dean edited the audio file before it was transcribed the converation between himself & Chair admitting a
4th piece of evidence never disclosed or provided to the student Lastly relpy brief was never provided to faculty for consideration correcting most of AD statements which were so wrong as a rule of law beacuase the newly written procedures did not allow for reply. The Dean of
Law school purposely chose not to have the appeal oral arguments or questions from the faculty audio recorded or transcribed for judicidal review even though requested by the student. Not being provided the vote count by the school, we have been made aware somehow narrowly I was
Found guilty. Next day a Motion To Reconsider was Filed, objected to by AD because again not in the Code, and Dean denied as well not presenting to the faculty. Later that the day the Dean notified me I was banned from campus and any Drake owned property even as a donating alumni
Of business school MBA program. There is so many other things you can read on my feed. My BIG favor was if you would follow me back and provide support on updates. My feeling is in some way you all have been threw a terrible and unfair experience like this with a child, friend,
Realitative and know first hand how hard, isolation, and hurtful this can be on someone and is partially what the school is hoping for. Unfortunately, after the appeal I sank into a major depressive eposide only experiencing once before in my life in 2013. I never wanted to be in
The dark place ever again but I quickly found myself there. So knowing the Title IX/Due Process Warriors we’re out there keeping a watchful eye ready to hold the law school accountable may seem dumb to some but would mean the world to me. Thanks for your consideration, hope you
Follow, and thank you for helping blaze a trial and shining a light on the travesty school displinary hearings have done ruining the hopes, dreams, and futures of many young adults. 🙏❤️✌️@1AMorey @samk_harris @kcjohnson9 @TheFIREorg @marksjo1 @rossley @JohnDavisJDLLM @Vince524
drakestudent @DieLowestoft In one month DRAKE UNIVERSITY allowed:
1. Star BB Player five game suspension after shooting other student in the head then LYING to LE & DRAKE Investigator.
2. Expels innocent student after passing two polygraph exams with two different examiners.
3. Allows for 2nd Time CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS on campus the right to have a student organization.
4. ALLOWS student to be stripped of DUE PROCESS & FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS allowing a biased investigator perform an arbitrary and capricious cursory investigation, not provide an
impartial & fair hearing then to sit idle allowing a SHAM appeal continue. #DoBetter

THANK YOU ALL AND THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT AND #JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED IF NO OTHER STUDENT AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY EVER HAS TO ENDURE THE INTENTIONAL ACTIONS DONE WITH MALICE.

SEE YOU IN COURT✌️
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