Patton v. State Board of Higher Education

This is an appeal from an order of a Hearing’s Officer at the University of Oregon placing petitioner on mandatory medical leave pursuant to OAR 571-23-015.

Petitioner is a student enrolled at the University of Oregon. Beginning in the 1980 winter term and continuing into 1981, he was involved in several incidents on campus which prompted University teachers and staff members to make written reports and complaints to the Dean of Students. He was reported to have disrupted classes on a number of occasions by threatening classmates, at least once with a can of mace. Persons using the University…