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Two women who say they were raped by University of Colorado football players or recruits will ask a federal judge on Thursday to reconsider his decision to dismiss their lawsuit against the school.
Lisa Simon, a spokeswoman for one of the women, said Tuesday that the request will be filed on Thursday, the deadline.
Shortly after U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn threw out the suit on March 31, attorneys for the two women said they would either appeal or ask Blackburn to reconsider. Simon said Thursday's planned motion would be the first step.
Blackburn said the women had failed to prove several key points necessary to win the type of lawsuit they filed. The women, who claim they were assaulted at an off-campus party in 2001, alleged CU violated federal law by fostering an environment that led to the encounters.
Baine Kerr, an attorney for plaintiff Lisa Simpson, said he planned to challenge Blackburn's conclusions that the women didn't prove CU knew about sexual harassment of female students. He said he would also challenge the judge's conclusion that they failed to show the school was deliberately indifferent to the alleged harassment.
Simpson has agreed to be publicly identified. The other woman has not.
Dan Reilly, an attorney for CU, has said the school's legal team would defend Blackburn's ruling "under the law and common sense."
Also Tuesday, Blackburn agreed to reconsider a request from the women to force the university to hand over information. The original request, which was denied, was made under seal so it's unclear what the women wanted from the school.
Source: AP
Lisa Simon, a spokeswoman for one of the women, said Tuesday that the request will be filed on Thursday, the deadline.
Shortly after U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn threw out the suit on March 31, attorneys for the two women said they would either appeal or ask Blackburn to reconsider. Simon said Thursday's planned motion would be the first step.
Blackburn said the women had failed to prove several key points necessary to win the type of lawsuit they filed. The women, who claim they were assaulted at an off-campus party in 2001, alleged CU violated federal law by fostering an environment that led to the encounters.
Baine Kerr, an attorney for plaintiff Lisa Simpson, said he planned to challenge Blackburn's conclusions that the women didn't prove CU knew about sexual harassment of female students. He said he would also challenge the judge's conclusion that they failed to show the school was deliberately indifferent to the alleged harassment.
Simpson has agreed to be publicly identified. The other woman has not.
Dan Reilly, an attorney for CU, has said the school's legal team would defend Blackburn's ruling "under the law and common sense."
Also Tuesday, Blackburn agreed to reconsider a request from the women to force the university to hand over information. The original request, which was denied, was made under seal so it's unclear what the women wanted from the school.
Source: AP