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| Reges v. Cauce | |
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Full case name | Stuart Reges v. Ana Mari Cauce et al. |
| Started | June 4, 2024 |
| Docket nos. | W.D. Wash. No. 2:22-cv-00964 Ninth Circuit No. 24-3518 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | W.D. Wash. |
Reges v. Cauce, et al. is a federal lawsuit brought by Stuart Reges, a Teaching Professor at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering against the University and its President Ana Mari Cauce. It concerns a university policy about including a land acknowledgement in course syllabi.
Background
Stuart Reges is a Teaching Professor, a non-tenured position previously titled "Senior Lecturer." He started lecturing in 2004, and has exclusively taught the introductory programming series. He co-authored an introductory Java programming textbook Building Java Programs.
District court
Reges filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington on July 13, 2022. He was represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
Judge John H. Chun presided over the case. He was appointed by Joe Biden in 2022, and prior to that was appointed by Jay Inslee, both of whom are Democrats.
In May 2024, Judge Chun dismissed the plaintiff's claims.
Appellate court
Reges filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit on June 4, 2024. Amicus briefs were submitted in support of Reges by PEN America, Manhattan Institute, Pacific Legal Foundation, Students for Liberty, and James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. An amicus curiae was submitted in support of Cauce, et al. by Washington State University.
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- ^ "Judge rules on suit by UW professor who protested land acknowledgment". The Seattle Times. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
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