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Former SMU student Daniel Hux (Courtesy of SMU Rotunda)
A former SMU student who was expelled in 2011 as a “security concern” has sued the university in federal court for wrongful arrest among other charges.
Daniel Hux, who served as a U.S. Marine, was told to leave the school in March 2011 as a junior.
Hux claims in the 33-page complaint that he is suing the school because he feels that his First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated.
The complaint states that he is seeking damages on the grounds that an unlawful search and seizure was committed.
Hux enrolled as a student in 2010 and, shortly before his expulsion, was accused of sexually harassing a female residential community director.
Hux, who was an R.A. in Hawk Hall, said in the complaint that this accused sexual harassment was nothing more than a misunderstanding.
In February 2011, he was relieved of his R.A duties after SMU Police Chief Rick Shafer told him that he violated the university code of conduct, which prohibits sexual harassment.
Shortly after, Hux appealed this decision to former Executive Director of Residence Life and Student Housing Steve Logan.
Hux said in his complaint, “To be able to afford to attend SMU, the Plantiff [Hux] needed a job which paid for his on campus Tech.”
Hux’s appeal was denied by Logan who allegedly stated “it was not apparent that you [Hux] understand the seriousness of your actions involving with both a professional staff member and a student staff