Ruane v. Shippensburg University

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Travis Ruane, a student, petitions for review of the decision of Shippensburg University 1 suspending him for two years based on the University Judicial Board’s (Board) finding that he sexually assaulted a fellow student. Ruane asserts that the Board’s hearing did not afford him due process and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. Discerning no merit in these contentions, we affirm.

Based on an e-mail from Allison Morris to Dean Roger Serr, accusing Ruane of sexually assaulting her at a campus party, the University scheduled a Judicial Board hearing to…