418 F.3d 629
Sean Michael FLAIM, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-3493.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Argued: April 22, 2005.
Decided and Filed: August 17, 2005.

COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED ARGUED: Edward L. Flaim, Kathleen A. Muldoon, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellant. Robert W. Bohmer, Watkins, Bates & Carey, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Edward L. Flaim, Kathleen A. Muldoon, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellant. Robert W. Bohmer, John M. Carey, Watkins, Bates & Carey, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellees.
Before: MARTIN, COOK, and LAY, Circuit Judges.*
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.


1
We deal here, most regrettably, with a young man who made some unfortunate (and criminal) decisions and the administrators of a medical college who sought to expel him. Sean Michael Flaim was a third-year medical student attending the Medical College ofOhio. He was arrested and convicted of a felony drug crime. Medical College of Ohio subsequently expelled Flaim, who thereupon filed a sixteen-count complaint in federal district court naming Medical College of Ohio and various administrators, in their official and individual capacities, as defendants. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss, and upon receipt of the motion, the district court stayed discovery. On March 16, 2004, the district court granted in full the defendants' motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Flaim's timely appeal followed, averring error with respect to only his procedural and substantive due process claims against the college administrators in their official capacities. Because Medical College of Ohio's procedural approach was consistent with the bare-minimum requirements of due process, though perhaps