UCLA can’t allow protesters to block Jewish students from campus, judge rules

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UCLA can’t allow protesters to block ******* students from campus, judge rules

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the University of California, Los Angeles, cannot allow pro-************ protesters to block ******* students from accessing classes and other parts of campus.

The preliminary injunction marks the first time a U.S. judge has ruled against a university over the

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on college campuses earlier this year.

U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed in June by three ******* students at UCLA. The students alleged that they experienced discrimination on campus during the protest because of their ****** and that UCLA ******* to ensure access to campus for all ******* students.

“In the year 2024, in the ******* States of America, in the State of California, in the City of Los Angeles, ******* students were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their ******.” Scarsi wrote.

UCLA argued that it has no legal responsibility over the issue because protesters, not the university, blocked ******* students’ access to the school. The university also worked with law enforcement to

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Scarsi ruled that the university is prohibited from providing classes and access to buildings on campus if ******* students are blocked from it.

Yitzchok Frankel, a UCLA law student who filed the lawsuit, celebrated the order.

“No student should ever have to ***** being blocked from their campus because they are *******,” Frankel said in a statement. “I am grateful that the court has ordered UCLA to put a stop to this shameful anti-******* conduct.”

UCLA spokesperson Mary Osako said the ruling “would improperly hamstring our ability to respond to events on the ground and to meet the needs of the Bruin community.”

The university is also considering all available options moving forward, she said.

“UCLA is committed to fostering a campus culture where everyone feels welcome and free from intimidation, discrimination, and harassment,” Osako said in a statement to The Associated Press.

The ruling came after Scarsi ordered UCLA last month to

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. The University of California, one of the nation’s largest public university systems, is also working on systemwide campus guidelines on protests.

The demonstrations at UCLA became part of a movement at campuses across the country against the *******-****** war. At UCLA, law enforcement ordered in May that over a thousand protesters

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as tensions rose on campus. Counter-demonstrators had attacked the encampment overnight and at least 15 protesters suffered injuries. In June,

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after they tried to set up a new encampment.

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