Judge denies request to stop university sexual assault hearing

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'A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the request of six former University of Tennessee female students to stop the institution from using its current disciplinary process for students accused of sexual assault — allowing a campus hearing to go forward in Knoxville Wednesday to determine whether a male student accused of sexually assaulting a female student in October 2014 should be disciplined.

U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp denied the women's request for a temporary restraining order, ruling they failed to show imminent irreparable harm if UT went to forward with such disciplinary hearings while the case challenging the campus process as "unlawful" goes forward.

The plaintiffs, named only as Jane Does, filed a sweeping lawsuit against UT last week alleging the university has enabled a campus culture that leads to sexual assaults and then utilized a biased hearing process that favors student-athletes accused of sexual misconduct over victims.'