Court Orders UCLA to Stop Protesters From Blocking Jewish Students

The students ‘were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith,’ the judge wrote, calling it ’unimaginable.’

A pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California–Los Angeles campus in Los Angeles on April 30, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

A federal judge ordered the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) on Aug. 13 to stop preventing Jewish students from traversing the campus amid pro-Palestinian protests.

The ruling was made after three Jewish students sued UCLA in June for allowing protesters to barricade the center of the campus and establish an encampment that obstructed passage to campus facilities.