Plaintiff John Doe, a heterosexual white male, is a first-year law student at the New York University School of Law and aspires to join its Law Review.

In his 2023 putative class action alleged that the membership selection process for the NYU Law Review violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1872, and 42 USC §1983 by giving preference to women, non-Asian, homosexual, and transgender students.