Opinion ID: 4527065
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: UC’s alleged failure to preclude further

Text: harassment Karasek argues that UC was deliberately indifferent by failing to preclude the possibility that TH could harass Karasek again after she reported the assault. UC could have immediately imposed interim sanctions on TH, such as barring him from campus during UC’s investigation or issuing a no-contact order, particularly given that UC was aware that multiple women reported being sexually assaulted by him. Indeed, in hindsight, UC’s decision to initially discourage the Club president from expelling TH from the Club is troubling. UC instead attempted to resolve the complaints against TH informally through “an early resolution process.” We might have handled the situation differently, but the Supreme Court has instructed us to “refrain from second guessing the disciplinary decisions made by school administrators” unless those decisions were “clearly unreasonable.” Davis, 526 U.S. at 648. UC’s decisions were not clearly unreasonable. Karasek never interacted with TH again after the assault, aside from seeing him from afar on one occasion. And there is no indication that Karasek told Oldham and Hunt that she regularly saw TH when meeting with them on April 20, 2012. As a result, UC had no reason to know that preventative measures were necessary to protect Karasek from future harassment, especially in light of the context and nature of her assault (though, as we note below, UC’s lack of communication with Karasek likely prevented UC from fully understanding what preventative steps may have been necessary). UC’s failure to implement protective measures did not exhibit deliberate indifference. KARASEK V. REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA 27