A district decide dominated Monday that an antisemitism lawsuit accusing the College of California, Berkeley of inaction relating to harassment of Jewish college students can proceed.
District Choose James Donato in a 5-page ruling mentioned the swimsuit alleging the college violated the civil rights and equal safety rights of Jewish college students might transfer ahead.
“Taken as a whole, the FAC plausibly alleges disparate treatment with discriminatory intent and policy enforcement that is ‘not generally applicable,’” the decide wrote.
“The FAC also plausibly alleges that Berkeley was deliberately indifferent to the on-campus harassment and hostile environment,” he added.
The decide dismissed one declare that concerned contracts with authorized teachers.
The case was introduced on by the Louis D. Brandeis Middle and Jewish People for Equity in Schooling.
The Hill has reached out to the college for remark.
The case comes as dozens of universities are below investigation by the Division of Schooling for alleged inaction on antisemitism.
Columbia College had $400 million of funding paused over comparable accusations, and billions of {dollars} in Harvard College contracts and grants are below evaluate as a result of identical allegations.
The Trump administration has made combating antisemitism a high precedence for the Schooling Division, with the president signing an government order on the matter and making a federal antisemitism activity pressure.
