| In NYU Anti Semitism Case
As Amene Hussain and Others Try
for Intervention April 19 Date
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 15 – 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.
On April 15,
Judge Preska set a schedule:
"ORDER: The Court is in
receipt of the motion to
intervene and supporting
papers filed by Andrew Ross,
Amene Husain, and Rebecca Karl
(the "Proposed Intervenors").
(See dkt. nos. 46-48, 51-53.)
Plaintiffs, Defendant New York
University, and the Proposed
Intervenors shall confer and
inform the Court no later than
April 19, 2024, of a proposed
briefing schedule on the
Proposed Intervenors' motion.
In the alternative, Plaintiffs
and Defendant New York
University shall inform the
Court no later than April 19,
2024, if they will instead
rely upon the letters they
have already submitted on the
proposed intervention, (see
dkt. nos. 23, 24), and the
arguments they presented at
the conference held on March
21, 2024. SO ORDERED. (Signed
by Judge Loretta A. Preska on
4/15/2024)."
Inner City
Press will remain on the case.
It is
Ingber, et al., v. New York
University, 23-cv-10023
(Preska)
***
Your
support means a lot. As little as $5 a month
helps keep us going and grants you access to
exclusive bonus material on our Patreon
page. Click
here to become a patron.
Feedback:
Editorial [at] innercitypress.com
SDNY Press Room 480, front cubicle
500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA
Mail: Box 20047, Dag
Hammarskjold Station NY NY 10017
Reporter's mobile (and weekends):
718-716-3540
Other, earlier Inner City Press are
listed here,
and some are available in the ProQuest
service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.
Copyright 2006-2024 Inner City
Press, Inc. To request reprint or other
permission, e-contact Editorial [at]
innercitypress.com
|
,
