The reversal of a decision to grant the Board of Regents a harassment injunction against a former University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student will be challenged in the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
2005 UW-Stevens Point graduate Jeffrey Decker re-enrolled in the university in 2010 to give him a platform to challenge the university’s management of segregated fees, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. He was suspended for over a year in 2010 when he behaved aggressively and made threats in a meeting with the chancellor, the Board of Regents said in a court brief. This entailed a ban from UW System property.
In September 2011, Decker violated suspension terms and attended a Board of Regents meeting on UW-Madison grounds, where he allegedly stood and blocked the view of attendees. When he was asked to leave, he resisted arrest and police dragged him from the meeting, the Board of Regents brief said. Decker’s brief said he resisted arrest in peaceful protest.
In October 2011, the Dane County Circuit Court granted the Board of Regents a harassment injunction against Decker. But in January 2013, the court of appeals reversed the injunction, maintaining that there was not enough evidence that Decker engaged in harassing behavior as defined by state statutes.
In the Oct. 15 Wisconsin Supreme Court case, the judge will make a decision about the reversal.
The Board of Regents asserts Decker could pose a threat to others, partially evidenced by the fact that Decker left to purchase a handgun when a police chief arrived at his home to serve him the harassment injunction.
Decker’s brief asserts he was already a gun owner, and had been intending to purchase the handgun without any connection to the injunction.
