Appeal Procedure
If you wish to appeal the decision and/or sanctions of a recent conduct decision, the following procedure must take place in order for your appeal to be considered:
1. Within 72 hours of the decision letter being sent, you must complete this form in its entirety, including your written appeal explanation. If there is any additional information to submit you may attach it to this form. This appeal request may only be authored by the student (or non-student complainant) requesting it. No other individual may submit an appeal request on behalf of a student or (non-student complainant).
2. Upon receipt of your appeal request, the Appellate Officer will determine if the request contains sufficient basis for the conduct appeal process to move forward and, if so, will make a decision. In some instances, you may be contacted to meet to discuss your appeal request and the facts of the incident. The outcome of an appeal can result in one of the following ways:
• The respondent’s original sanction will be upheld.
• The respondent’s original sanction will be modified.
• The case will be sent back to the same hearing body with specific directives to consider new information, or the case will be re-heard by a different hearing body.
3. Once the Appellate Officer has rendered a decision the student will receive a written notice of the outcome via email. There will be no further review of the incident.
Please Note: In specific cases involving a victim/complainant that has a right to appeal, if either party submits an appeal the other party will have the opportunity to provide a written response to the appeal, meet with the Appellate Officer to discuss the appeal request and the facts of the incident, and be notified of the appeal outcome.
Unless otherwise specifically stated, any sanctions assigned by the Conduct Review Officer are placed on hold when an appeal is submitted. Upon the final decision being made by the Appellate Officer, any and all sanctions will immediately go into effect.
