Doe

*27 The superior court granted former University of Southern California student John Doe's petition for writ of administrative mandamus and ordered USC's Office of Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards (SJACS) to vacate its decision to discipline Doe for violating the university's academic integrity standards. On appeal USC 1 contends the superior court erred in concluding there was insufficient evidence to support the SJACS's finding that Doe and a second student had cheated on the final examination in Biology 220. In response Doe asserts, even if the administrative record contains substantial evidence of his academic dishonesty, the superior court's judgment should be affirmed because USC's internal discipline and review procedures as applied in this case lacked fundamental fairness and did not *859 comply with the university's own rules, an argument the superior court rejected. *28 Although reasonable factfinders could disagree, substantial evidence supports USC's decision that Doe cheated, a determination reached after a fair, albeit less than perfect, process. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment and remand with directions to the superior court to deny the petition…