Overview
- U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction blocking immediate cuts to University of California funding and any fines.
- The ruling granted a request from labor unions and other groups representing UC faculty, students, and employees who filed the constitutional challenge.
- The injunction temporarily stalls enforcement of the $1.2 billion fine and research funding freeze the administration imposed on UCLA over the summer.
- UC remains in separate settlement negotiations, and system leaders have warned the proposed penalties would severely damage finances and operations.
- The case unfolds as federal investigators scrutinize campus civil-rights and DEI practices nationwide, with prior settlements at Brown ($50 million) and Columbia ($221 million).