Litigation Over Protest at Santa Cruz

From Lookout Santa Cruz: UC Santa Cruz says it followed the law when it implemented two-week bans from campus against protesters who were arrested May 31 at the Gaza solidarity encampment. Two students and one professor filed a lawsuit alleging that the university didn’t follow policies on due process for the bans. Next Tuesday, a judge could decide the outcome.

A lawsuit challenging UC Santa Cruz’s use of two-week bans from campus against protesters is scheduled for a predisposition hearing and possible decision next Tuesday, Nov. 19, at Santa Cruz County Superior Court. 

The lawsuit was filed in September by two UCSC students and one professor who, alongside more than 100 other people, were arrested when law enforcement disbanded a Gaza solidarity encampment on May 31. Police charged the majority with failure to disperse and resisting arrest, and issued notices that they were banned from campus for two weeks...

Full story at https://lookout.co/hearing-on-protesters-lawsuit-against-uc-santa-cruz-campus-bans-scheduled-for-next-week/.