Princeton University is fighting an undergraduate’s attempt to remain anonymous in a suit claiming he was wrongly forced to withdraw from school after a suicide attempt.
In recent filings in the federal lawsuit, the student, identified as W.P. in court documents, argues that making his identity public would deter others from pursuing claims when their mental health is an important aspect of the litigation. But Princeton asserts that the plaintiff’s desire for anonymity is at odds with his desire for a jury trial and would place the court’s imprimatur on his claims that the university and its administrators caused him mental anguish. Princeton also says allowing the plaintiff to disparage the university and its administrators behind a cloak of anonymity would be “fundamentally unfair.”
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