{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DigitalDocument","altText":"OTHER COURT FILED DOCUMENT Redacted - Appeal Panel Decision","alternateName":"NYSCEF-case-4c779433507a-000046.pdf","caption":"NYSCEF document #46 | Filed: 2026-09-30 | Filed by: Court User Filed:  Received: | Docket status: Processed Confirmation Notice | Case: Jane Doe v. Cornell Univeristy (Tompkins County) | Source: NYSCEF","contentUrl":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/511/raw","datePublished":"2026-10-19T12:20:59+00:00","description":"NYSCEF document #46 | Filed: 2026-09-30 | Filed by: Court User Filed:  Received: | Docket status: Processed Confirmation Notice | Case: Jane Doe v. Cornell Univeristy (Tompkins County) | Source: NYSCEF","encodingFormat":"application/pdf","identifier":"511","isAccessibleForFree":true,"machineReadable":{"json":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/511/index.json","markdown":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/511/index.md"},"name":"OTHER COURT FILED DOCUMENT Redacted - Appeal Panel Decision","ocrStatus":"ready","ocrText":"--- Page 1 ---\nCornell\nUniversity\nJanuary 14, 2026\nVia Email\nDear\nIn accordance with\nCornell\nUniversity\nPolicy\n6.4,\nappeals\nsubmitted\nunder this\npolicy\nare reviewed\nby a three-member Appeal Panel that\nincludes\nmyself;\nVice Provost\nand Professor\nSteven Jackson;\nand a memberof the Hearing Panel\npool,\nin this\ncase, Teaching Professor\nHadas Ritz.\nIn reviewing\nyour appeal, we have read and carefully\nconsidered\nthe appeal documents submitted\nby you and\nthe complainant,\nthe decision\nof the hearing\npanel, and the additional\nmaterials\nthat\nconstitute\nthe\nappeal record\nin this\nmatter.\nYou appealed on the grounds that\nthe hearing\npanel\nrendered\na decision\nthat was clearly\nerroneous\nand \"procedurally\nimproper.\"\nThe two primary\npoints\nyou raise\nin your appeal are that\n1) a hearing\npanelist\nwas in a vehicle\nfor\na\nportion\nof the hearing,\nand 2) that you did not have the proper opportunity\nto respond to the\nmisconduct\n(attempted\nsexual\nexploitation)\nfor which you were ultimately\nfound\nresponsible,\nand\nthat\nthe finding\nitself\nwas clearly\nerroneous.\nWeacknowledge\nyour concerns that\na hearing\npanelist\nwas apparently\nin a vehicle\nfor a portion\nof\nthe hearing.\nHowever, our close review of the record\nshows this\nto be a substantially\nde minimis\namount of time\nin a hearing\nthat\nspanned manyhours and multiple\ndays. Based on the record,\nit\nis\napparent\nthat\nthis\nissue was addressed promptly\nand did not occur outside\nthe single\ninstance\ncited\nin your appeal. Wefound no error\nin the hearing\nchair's\nprocedural\ndetermination\nthat\nthe concerns\nraised\ndid not render the hearing\n\"irreparably\ntainted,\"\na determination\nthat\nfell\nwell\nwithin\nher\ndiscretion.\nTherefore,\nwe do not find\nthis\nargument sufficient\nto warrant\ngranting\nyour appeal.\nTo\nyour second point,\nthe Notice\nof Formal Complaint\nissued\nto you at the commencementof this\nmatter\nclearly\nnotified\nyou that\nadditional\nviolations\nmight be identified\nthroughout\nthe process.\nThat same document detailed\nthe factual\nallegations\nunderlying\nthe misconduct\nfor which you were\nfound\nresponsible.\nFinally,\nyour disagreement\nwith\nthe factual\nconclusions\nof the hearing\npanel\ndoes\nnot render their\ndetermination\nclearly\nerroneous.\nTherefore,\nwe also do not find\nthis\nargument\nsufficient\nto warrant\ngranting\nyour appeal.\nYour additional\narguments\nassert\nbias on the part\nof the hearing\nchair and panel, and allege\nthat\nthe\nhearing\nchair and the Title\nIX Coordinator\n\"either\nlied\nor schemed\" or were \"grossly\nincompetent.\"\nThese allegations\nare wholly unsupported\nby the extensive\nrecord\nin this\nmatter.\nTherefore,\nand by unanimous decision,\nwe affirm\nthe decision\nand sanctions\nissued\nby the hearing\npanel.\nThis decision\nis the final\nUniversity\naction\nin this\ncase.\nAppeal Panel Decision\n1 of 2\nPrivate\n[94428]\nDistribution\nNot Permitted,\nSee Policy\n6.4\nDistributed\n01/14/2026\nCI2026-22100\nIndex # : EF2026-0292\nFILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/30/2026 04:06 PM\nINDEX NO. EF2026-0292\nNYSCEF DOC. NO. 46\nRECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/30/2026\n1 of 2\n\n--- Page 2 ---\nSincerely,\nRyan T. Lombardi,\nEd.D.\nVice President\nfor Student & Campus Life\nCc:\nComplainant\nTitle\nIX Coordinator\nAppeal Panel Decision\n2 of 2\nPrivate\n[94428]\nDistribution\nNot Permitted,\nSee Policy\n6.4\nDistributed\n01/14/2026\nCI2026-22100\nIndex #: EF2026-0292\nFILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/30/2026 04:06 PM\nINDEX NO. EF2026-0292\nNYSCEF DOC. NO. 46\nRECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/30/2026\n2 of 2","text":"--- Page 1 ---\nCornell\nUniversity\nJanuary 14, 2026\nVia Email\nDear\nIn accordance with\nCornell\nUniversity\nPolicy\n6.4,\nappeals\nsubmitted\nunder this\npolicy\nare reviewed\nby a three-member Appeal Panel that\nincludes\nmyself;\nVice Provost\nand Professor\nSteven Jackson;\nand a memberof the Hearing Panel\npool,\nin this\ncase, Teaching Professor\nHadas Ritz.\nIn reviewing\nyour appeal, we have read and carefully\nconsidered\nthe appeal documents submitted\nby you and\nthe complainant,\nthe decision\nof the hearing\npanel, and the additional\nmaterials\nthat\nconstitute\nthe\nappeal record\nin this\nmatter.\nYou appealed on the grounds that\nthe hearing\npanel\nrendered\na decision\nthat was clearly\nerroneous\nand \"procedurally\nimproper.\"\nThe two primary\npoints\nyou raise\nin your appeal are that\n1) a hearing\npanelist\nwas in a vehicle\nfor\na\nportion\nof the hearing,\nand 2) that you did not have the proper opportunity\nto respond to the\nmisconduct\n(attempted\nsexual\nexploitation)\nfor which you were ultimately\nfound\nresponsible,\nand\nthat\nthe finding\nitself\nwas clearly\nerroneous.\nWeacknowledge\nyour concerns that\na hearing\npanelist\nwas apparently\nin a vehicle\nfor a portion\nof\nthe hearing.\nHowever, our close review of the record\nshows this\nto be a substantially\nde minimis\namount of time\nin a hearing\nthat\nspanned manyhours and multiple\ndays. Based on the record,\nit\nis\napparent\nthat\nthis\nissue was addressed promptly\nand did not occur outside\nthe single\ninstance\ncited\nin your appeal. Wefound no error\nin the hearing\nchair's\nprocedural\ndetermination\nthat\nthe concerns\nraised\ndid not render the hearing\n\"irreparably\ntainted,\"\na determination\nthat\nfell\nwell\nwithin\nher\ndiscretion.\nTherefore,\nwe do not find\nthis\nargument sufficient\nto warrant\ngranting\nyour appeal.\nTo\nyour second point,\nthe Notice\nof Formal Complaint\nissued\nto you at the commencementof this\nmatter\nclearly\nnotified\nyou that\nadditional\nviolations\nmight be identified\nthroughout\nthe process.\nThat same document detailed\nthe factual\nallegations\nunderlying\nthe misconduct\nfor which you were\nfound\nresponsible.\nFinally,\nyour disagreement\nwith\nthe factual\nconclusions\nof the hearing\npanel\ndoes\nnot render their\ndetermination\nclearly\nerroneous.\nTherefore,\nwe also do not find\nthis\nargument\nsufficient\nto warrant\ngranting\nyour appeal.\nYour additional\narguments\nassert\nbias on the part\nof the hearing\nchair and panel, and allege\nthat\nthe\nhearing\nchair and the Title\nIX Coordinator\n\"either\nlied\nor schemed\" or were \"grossly\nincompetent.\"\nThese allegations\nare wholly unsupported\nby the extensive\nrecord\nin this\nmatter.\nTherefore,\nand by unanimous decision,\nwe affirm\nthe decision\nand sanctions\nissued\nby the hearing\npanel.\nThis decision\nis the final\nUniversity\naction\nin this\ncase.\nAppeal Panel Decision\n1 of 2\nPrivate\n[94428]\nDistribution\nNot Permitted,\nSee Policy\n6.4\nDistributed\n01/14/2026\nCI2026-22100\nIndex # : EF2026-0292\nFILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/30/2026 04:06 PM\nINDEX NO. EF2026-0292\nNYSCEF DOC. NO. 46\nRECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/30/2026\n1 of 2\n\n--- Page 2 ---\nSincerely,\nRyan T. Lombardi,\nEd.D.\nVice President\nfor Student & Campus Life\nCc:\nComplainant\nTitle\nIX Coordinator\nAppeal Panel Decision\n2 of 2\nPrivate\n[94428]\nDistribution\nNot Permitted,\nSee Policy\n6.4\nDistributed\n01/14/2026\nCI2026-22100\nIndex #: EF2026-0292\nFILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/30/2026 04:06 PM\nINDEX NO. EF2026-0292\nNYSCEF DOC. NO. 46\nRECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/30/2026\n2 of 2","thumbnailUrl":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/511/thumb.webp","transcriptStatus":"not_applicable","transcriptText":"","url":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/511"}