Tonkovich v. Kansas Board of Regents

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Following a lengthy administrative hearing process, Plaintiff was fired from his tenured teaching position at the University of Kansas School of Law for allegedly engaging in a sex act with one of his students after discussing grades. He subsequently sued the University, the Board of Regents, and numerous University administrators and professors in their official and individual capacities, asserting violations of state law and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His § 1983 claim specifically alleged, in relevant part, that Defendants, individually and collectively, had violated his…