Legal Opinion
Cavalier v. Catholic Univ. of Am.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 27, 2018No. Civil Action No. 16–2009 (RDM)PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH D. MOSS, United States District Judge
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 in sexual intercourse." Dkt. 1 at 10-11 (Compl. ¶¶ 37, 40-41). She immediately reported the assault to the University. The University conducted…
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