From the Daily Bruin: The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a decision Friday that blocked it from demanding a $1.2 billion settlement from UCLA. The federal government froze $584 million in research funding to UCLA in late July, alleging that the university allowed antisemitism, affirmative action and “men to participate in women’s sports.” The Trump administration sent a letter to UCLA on Aug. 8 demanding that, in exchange for the restoration of the funds, the university pay a $1 billion fine and $172 million in a claims fund for people impacted by alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Federal district judge Rita F. Lin temporarily restored the vast majority of UCLA’s frozen grants in two decisions in August and September...
Lin blocked the proposed fine – and prevented the federal government from freezing or threatening to freeze more of the UC’s research funding – in an Nov. 14 decision on a lawsuit brought by UC employees... U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed the appeal Jan. 13 in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals but later filed a motion that said it would dismiss the appeal if Lin made certain changes to her November temporary injunction, which she agreed to in a Friday order.
The DOJ attorneys requested that Lin change the text of her injunction to clarify that civil rights investigations and litigations may result in voluntary resolutions between the UC and federal government, so long as the Trump administration follows proper procedures...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2026/02/13/trump-administration-drops-appeal-of-order-blocking-1-2-billion-ucla-settlement.
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