UCLA disciplined a pro-Palestinian protester behind closed doors. Now he's suing
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Set us as preferred In a prolonged case that offers a rare look into the fiercely private student discipline process, a UCLA computer science doctoral student is suing the University of California, asking a judge to reverse his two-quarter suspension and release a master’s degree withheld for more than 600 days.The case centers on one of the most volatile chapters in UCLA history — the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests that racked the university, culminating in a violent spring attack at a campus encampment.The demonstrations helped fuel a relentless Trump administration campaign against UCLA and other elite universities over their handling of antisemitism allegations.
California The Trump administration sued UCLA, alleging it allowed an antisemitic environment against Jewish and Israeli students to grow.The campus turmoil divided UCLA and the nation.Protesters demanded UC divest from companies tied to the Israeli military’s war in Gaza.
Some Jewish students and faculty called the demonstrations antisemitic, though others joined them.Dylan Kupsh, 27, emerged as a vocal UCLA protester and an outlier in the campus movement.He did not mask his identity at rallies and has gone public about the discipline against him, while hundreds of others in similar proceedings have stayed anonymous.He filed the civil lawsuit last week in Los Angeles Superior Court against the UC Board of Regents, two UCLA student conduct administrators and a UCLA police captain.
Los Angeles-area civil rights lawyers and attorneys from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee represent him.The suit alleges viewpoint discrimination and due process violations, including a lack of meaningful notice of cases against him.A UCLA spokesperson said the university “will respond to this lawsuit as appropriate in court.” The university, like campuses nati...