ICAP represented an Alabama teenager challenging her local school district’s deliberate indifference to her assault by other classmates as a violation of Title IX.
In a major victory, the Eleventh Circuit issued a landmark opinion in August 2020 reinstating the Title IX claim. The court held that the school district’s “clearly unreasonable” response to a report of gang rape could constitute “deliberate indifference” under federal law. This ruling serves as a vital precedent in the Eleventh Circuit, reinforcing that schools cannot hide behind bureaucratic inertia or police inaction when they have a constitutional and statutory duty to protect students from a hostile and violent educational environment.
