A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a former University of the Sciences student who claimed his expulsion was the result of a biased university investigation into his sexual encounters with two women.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in favor of the John Doe plaintiff, reversing a July 2019 ruling from U.S. District Chief Judge Juan R. Sanchez of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granting the University of the Sciences’ motion to dismiss.