NYU Anti Semitism Case
Settles After Amene Hussain and
Others Tried to Intervene
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
July 8 – 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; a
July 9 hearing was set.
Then, the day
before, a settlement without
details: "ORDER: The Court has
received joint notification
from the parties that they
have settled the
above-captioned case and will
promptly file a joint
stipulation of settlement.
Accordingly, the oral argument
scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, July 9, 2024, is
canceled. SO ORDERED. (Signed
by Judge Loretta A. Preska on
7/8/2024)."
Inner City
Press will remain on the case
/ issue.
It is
Ingber, et al., v. New York
University, 23-cv-10023
(Preska)
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