Khan v. Yale University et al

  1. June 02, 2025

    Chief Fed. Judge Bans Conn. Courthouse Arrests, With Limits

    The chief federal judge for the District of Connecticut has issued a standing order banning law enforcement officers from arresting or detaining individuals in the state's three federal courthouses, with some exceptions for courtroom security functions and federal offices housed in shared buildings.

  2. May 21, 2025

    Yale Says Misconduct Tanks Ex-Student's Defamation Case

    Yale University and a woman who accused a classmate of sexual assault, resulting in his expulsion, have together asked a Connecticut federal judge to throw out the since-acquitted student's defamation and contract claims, arguing that repeated and "egregious" litigation misconduct despite court warnings warrants dismissal.

  3. November 21, 2024

    Ex-Yale Student Can Submit Acquittal Files To DHS, Judge Says

    A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday allowed an expelled Yale student to send his sexual assault accuser's name to immigration officials, approving the submission of a mostly unredacted state criminal trial transcript under a narrow exception to a magistrate judge's ban on naming the woman.

  4. November 20, 2024

    Judge Opens Path For Ex-Yale Student's Asylum Bid

    A Connecticut federal judge has illuminated a potential path for an expelled Yale student to send his sex assault accuser's name to immigration officials, suggesting that submitting a state trial transcript would "not seem to run afoul" of a magistrate judge's ban on otherwise naming the woman.

  5. November 12, 2024

    2nd Circ. Wary Of Ex-Yale Student's Bid For Asylum Evidence

    A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday seemed skeptical of an emergency bid by an acquitted onetime Yale University student to transmit a trial transcript containing his sexual assault accuser's name to immigration authorities despite a magistrate judge's ban on revealing the woman's identity, hinting that more litigation might be necessary.

  6. October 22, 2024

    Ex-Yale Student Wants Full Acquittal Record Sent To DHS

    An expelled Yale University student on Tuesday urged the Second Circuit to quickly vacate orders barring him from giving the U.S. Department of Homeland Security an unredacted transcript that resulted in his acquittal of sex crimes, saying a delay could seal his deportation and thus his execution by the Taliban.

  7. October 09, 2024

    Yale Must Answer Ex-Student's 'Execution' Fears, Judge Says

    A judge has ordered Yale University to respond to an expelled student's fears of execution if he is deported to Afghanistan as she mulls lifting a ban on naming a classmate who accused the ex-student of sexual assault in litigation connected to a key Title IX ruling.

  8. March 18, 2024

    Conn. Judge Won't Halt Ex-Yale Student's Case After 'Doxxing'

    A Connecticut federal judge determined Monday that acquitted former Yale University student Saifullah Khan's decision to reveal his onetime sexual assault accuser's name on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, isn't fatal to a defamation lawsuit against the woman despite an anonymity order.

  9. March 06, 2024

    Rape Accuser Says Ex-Yale Student Flouted Anonymity Order

    An anonymous woman facing defamation claims from a former Yale University student she accused of sexually assaulting her in 2015 has asked a Connecticut federal judge to issue a new protective order, saying her alleged attacker had "repeatedly, intentionally, and maliciously" exposed her name and cannot be trusted with confidential documents.

  10. October 25, 2023

    Ex-Yale Student's Claims Over Rape Accusation Revived

    The Second Circuit reversed a lower-court decision dismissing claims by an expelled Yale student against a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2015, finding Wednesday that statements she made during the university's disciplinary process are not immune from his defamation claims.

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