WIKIMEDIA, BLOGTREPRENEURAs The Scientist reported yesterday, the Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a motion to enter into the record the full report from a Wayne State University investigation of misconduct allegations made against Fazlul Sarkar.
Alex Abdo, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney representing PubPeer in the appellate case, told The Scientist that although the court denied this most recent motion, he believes the judges considering the case understand the salience of the Wayne State report. “Certainly, for our purposes, it’s not critical that the report itself actually be in the record,” he said. “What’s most important is that the court understands that there are significant reasons to think that Dr. Sarkar’s suit is frivolous on the merits.”
Abdo added that the ACLU’s earlier motion, which successfully entered into the appellate record the existence of the report as first brought to light by The Scientist, made clear that there were verified allegations of misconduct associated with Sarkar’s published research. ...
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