...The Department of Justice said this week that it had found UCLA guilty of violating the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students. The department also indicated that it wanted to the university to enter into negotiations to avoid a federal lawsuit.
The department gave UCLA a Tuesday deadline to communicate its desire to negotiate. If not, the DOJ said, it was ready to sue by Sept. 2.
The University of California, in a statement, was unclear on whether it would settle or go to court.
“UCLA has addressed and will continue to address the issues raised in [the] Department of Justice notice,” Stett Holbrook, associate director of Strategic and Critical Communications, wrote in a statement Wednesday. He cited a $6.45-million settlement the university reached with Jewish students who had sued over claims that the 2024 encampment had discriminated against them. “We have cooperated fully with the Department of Justice’s investigation and are reviewing its findings closely,” Holbrook wrote...
Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-31/trump-freezes-nih-nsf-funding-ucla.
It should be noted that although the deadline was specified as next Tuesday, DOJ says that if there are no negotiations, it would sue by September 2. So the actual deadline appears to be softer than August 5.*
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*The text reads:
If you are interested in resolving this matter along these lines, please contact please reach out to Senior Counsel Jeffrey Morrison (jeffrey.morrison@usdoj.gov and (202) 598-515) by August 5, 2025. Unless there is reasonable certainty that we can reach an agreement in this matter, the United States is prepared to file a complaint in federal district court by September 2, 2025.
Source: https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1409416/dl?inline.
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