UCLA appeals yesterday’s preliminary injunction that prevented Jewish or pro-Israel students from being excluded from part of campus again

As noted yesterday, the order provides,

(1.) Defendants (UCLA representatives) … are prohibited from offering to students any publicly available programs, activities, or areas of campus if they know that the publicly available programs, activities, or areas of campus are not fully and equally available to Jewish students.

(2.) Defendants are prohibited from knowingly permitting or facilitating the exclusion of Jewish students from normally accessible portions of UCLA campus programs, activities, and areas, whether as a result of a de-escalation strategy or for any other reason.

(3.) By August 15, 2024, Defendants must direct the Student Affairs Mitigation/Monitoring Officer (“SAM”) and all campus security teams (including, without limitation, UCPD and UCLA Security) not to assist or participate in any activities that impede Jewish students’ access to normally available campus programs, activities, and areas.

(4.) For the purposes of this order, any reference to the exclusion of Jewish students includes the exclusion of Jewish students on the basis of religious beliefs concerning the Jewish State of Israel.

(5.) Nothing in this order shall prevent Defendants from excluding Jewish students from normally available campus programs, activities, and areas consistent with the UCLA Code of Conduct standards applicable to all UCLA students.

(6.) Absent a stay of this order by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, this temporary order shall become effective on August 15, 2024, and shall remain in effect until trial in this matter or until further order of this Court or the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

More information on the District Court’s reasoning can be found here. Under the Ninth Circuit’s rules, appeals from preliminary injunctions are typically resolved within a few months.