A Georgia State University student who came to the university clinic for a free sexually transmitted disease test was taken into police custody, subjected to an involuntary psychological exam and then summarily ousted from his dormitory after he volunteered that he was schizophrenic.
The student, identified in federal court records as R.W., has sued GSU and the state Board of Regents, arguing that university officials overreacted by labeling him as a threat. The suit claims school officials discriminated against him solely because he disclosed a mental illness for which he previously had been treated and which he had under control, said his lawyer, Decatur attorney James Radford. The student, who still attends classes at the downtown university, is seeking an injunction that would allow him to once more live in campus housing, unspecified monetary damages and attorney fees.
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