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102570P.pdf 08/09/2011 William Wolfe v. Fayetteville, AR School Dist.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 10-2570
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
[PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Melloy, Circuit Judge, and Ericksen,
District Judge]
Civil case - Title IX. Proof of sex-based motivation is required for a
Title IX deliberate indifference claim and the district court did not err
when it instructed the jury that the harasser must be motivated by
plaintiff's gender or his failure to conform to stereotypical male
characteristics in order for there to be finding of liability; district court did
not err in rejecting plaintiff's proposed jury instruction which told the jury
mere name-calling or rumor-spreading were sufficient to establish liability
under Title IX; challenge to the district court's decision to impanel a
twelve-person jury rejected.