Patterson v. Kent State University

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Case overview

Case Number:

5:22-cv-02052

Court:

Ohio Northern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

John R. Adams

Firms

  1. September 30, 2024

    Kent State Defeats Transgender Prof's Promotion Bias Suit

    Kent State University defeated a transgender associate professor's lawsuit alleging the professor was denied a promotion and a tenure transfer because of the professor's gender identity, with an Ohio federal judge ruling that the professor hadn't shown the school's actions had a material impact on the professor's employment.

  2. April 09, 2024

    Excuses 'Twisted' To Transgender Prof, Solid To Kent State

    Kent State University "twisted itself into knots" to justify its alleged discrimination, a transgender professor has told an Ohio federal court, as the school in turn claimed the scholar was denied a promotion for bad-mouthing colleagues online. 

  3. March 01, 2024

    Kent State, Transgender Prof. Eye Early Wins In Bias Suit

    The three defendants in a transgender professor's suit accusing Kent State University and two university officials of discrimination and retaliation in the revocation of a promotion, as well as the professor, have all asked an Ohio federal court to grant early wins in the case. 

  4. November 15, 2022

    Transgender Prof. Says Kent State Wrongly Denied Promotion

    An openly transgender professor at Kent State University is alleging that the school passed them over for a promotion and a tenure transfer because of their gender identity, while ignoring their "impeccable" qualifications.