Steven Oeth, Story County district court judge, ruled last month against Iowa State’s sexual misconduct sanctions against former ISU basketball player Bubu Palo.

On Sept. 16, Diane Stahle, special assistant attorney general with the state of Iowa, filed an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court, the Ames Tribune reported.

In May 2012, Palo and friend Spencer Cruise were charged with sexual assault, but the charges were later dropped after it was ruled that evidence put forth by the victim had been tampered with. However, ISU President Steven Leath found Palo guilty of violating the university’s sexual misconduct policy, effectively keeping Palo off the basketball team. 

The Board of Regents upheld Leath’s decision, but it was overturned last month by Oeth, the Ames Tribune reported.

Check back with the Iowa State Daily as the story develops.