Overview
- An 81-page complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court alleges UCLA administrators ignored or facilitated antisemitic harassment, citing the 2024 Royce Quad encampment, assaults on Jewish professors, swastika graffiti, classroom disruptions and restricted access to campus areas.
- The Justice Department seeks injunctive relief, institutional policy reforms and potential damages for Jewish and Israeli employees it says were subjected to a hostile environment.
- UCLA rejects the government’s portrayal and points to steps taken under Chancellor Julio Frenk, including an Initiative to Combat Antisemitism, a reorganized civil rights office, a dedicated Title VI/Title VII officer and strengthened protest and campus-safety rules.
- The lawsuit follows earlier DOJ findings that UCLA violated Title VI and the 14th Amendment over its 2024 protest response, a broken negotiation that included a proposed settlement exceeding $1 billion and court orders restoring much of the university’s frozen research funding.
- The filing references an EEOC probe and complaints by professors Ian Holloway and Kamran Shamsa, while critics question the campaign’s neutrality after resignations by DOJ attorneys who said the UC investigation had become politicized.