A judge has ruled that a group of UCLA professors and students can proceed for now in their lawsuit brought against the UC Regents in which they allege their rights to free speech and expression were violated when they and others, who are pro-Palestinian, were bullied and attacked by counter-protesters in the spring of 2024.

The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was brought by UCLA professors Salih Can Asiksoz and Graeme Blair, as well as Bruin students Benjamin Kersten and Catherine Washington. The plaintiffs further contend the school administration was hostile to their cause, failed to protect them and ordered the May 1, 2024 dismantlement of their encampment that was put up on April 25.

On Monday, Judge Samantha Jessner overruled a challenge to the lawsuit in which UC attorneys

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