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On March 22, Linfield informed English professor Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt she would be investigated for professionalism based on posts on her personal social media accounts depicting quotes from two prominent businessmen about literature and having been English majors. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø wrote Linfield on March 24 explaining that launching an investigation into protected expression violates the university’s promises of free expression. Linfield told ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø there was more to the story and it would continue to investigate, but refused to provide ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø or Dutt-Ballerstadt additional information. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø again wrote Linfield on March 28, explaining that the university must, at a minimum, inform Dutt-Ballerstadt of the allegations. Although Linfield never did so, the university told Dutt-Ballerstadt on April 19 it had ended the investigation.