Legal Opinion
Cavalier v. Catholic University of America
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 27, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2016-2009Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ERIN CAVALIER, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 16-2009 (RDM) CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Erin Cavalier alleges that she was sexually assaulted in her dorm room by a fellow freshman at Defendant Catholic University of America (“the University”). According to her complaint, she was “heavily inebriated” at the time of the assault, was “incapable of consenting,” and “remembers only finding” the other student—referred to as “John Doe” for purposes of this lawsuit—“on top of her engaging…
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