In NYU Anti Semitism Case
No Intervention for Prof Andrew
Ross Now Similar UCLA
Case
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 3 – A New York University
professor's motion to
intervene in the lawsuit in
which three students assert
and try to prevent
anti-Semitism at NYU was heard
on March 21 - and denied, by
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Loretta A. Preska. Inner
City Press was there and live
tweeted, here:
Prof. Andrew
Ross' opposed motion to
intervene is being argued and,
it seems, ruled on.
Judge: Prof Ross'
interest is too remote for
automatic intervention.
Plaintiffs seek to enjoin
discrimination. They assert
NYU has been deliberately
indifferent over the past 5
months. They allege two dozen
instances - they do not seek a
speech code
Judge:
Mandatory intervention is not
warranted. There is no showing
NYU is not representing Prof
Ross' interest.
Ross' lawyer: I
have another client, suspended
under the IHRA definition.
Judge:
There is no information about
this new client.
But it
seemed Ross' lawyer would be
submitting another motion,
with this other client.
And on April 5,
he did: the affidavit of Ameme
Hussain says among other
things she is affiliated with
Decolonize This Place, which
began as / at a protest of the
Brooklyn Museum in 2016.
On January 23, 2024, she says,
her class was canceled by the
NYU administration. She is now
seeking to intervene as a
defendant.
Inner City
Press will remain on the case.
In Los Angeles
on June 3 a similar case was
filed: "Plaintiff Milagro
Jones alleges as follows: THE
PARTIES 1. Plaintiff Milagro
Jones is an African American
and Christian individual
residing in the County of Los
Angeles, State of California .
Jones, a Senior at the
University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA), found himself
at the center of attention on
TikTok and other outlets after
a disturbing encounter with
anti - Israel protesters
disrupted his student routine
on campus. The incident
unfolded as demonstrators
blocked his path not once, but
twice, before law enforcement
intervened, leaving the campus
marred by gr affiti and
litter. This complaint is
about intentional torts
committed on him both by
agreement in a conspiracy and
by others who aided and
abetted these torts."
Complaint here.
The SDNY
case is Ingber, et al., v. New
York University, 23-cv-10023
(Preska)
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