A Los Angeles Superior Court judge allowed most of Ziad El-Ghezzaoui's lawsuit against the University of California Regents to proceed. El-Ghezzaoui was present in a pro-Palestinian solidarity encampment on a UC campus in 2024 when he alleges police struck him with a baton and shot him with a rubber bullet. He also claims he was detained without receiving Miranda warnings and that university administrators failed to stop a hostile response to the encampment. The ruling is a partial denial of a motion to dismiss or demurrer — the judge kept most claims alive but the word 'most' signals at least one theory was cut. The case is in Los Angeles Superior Court with no docket number confirmed in available data.
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Media Coverage · April 19, 2026
Judge Samantha Jessner of Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that Ziad El-Ghezzaoui can proceed with most of his claims against the UC Regents, including assault and battery, civil rights violations, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence. El-Ghezzaoui alleges campus police struck him with a baton and shot him with a rubber bullet during the 2024 Palestinian solidarity encampment at UCLA, then
newspaper Read articleA judge has ruled that a Palestinian cause sympathizer can move forward for now with most of his lawsuit against the UC Regents in which he alleges police hit him with a baton and shot him with a rubber bullet while he was in the on-campus Palestinian solidarity encampment in 2024. Ziad El-Ghezzaoui also contends in his Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that he was detained without being given his Miranda rights. He was later released and maintains the administration did nothing to stop the hos
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Judge Samantha Jessner of Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that Ziad El-Ghezzaoui can proceed with most of his claims against the UC Regents, including assault and battery, civil rights violations, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence. El-Ghezzaoui alleges campus police struck him with a baton and shot him with a rubber bullet during the 2024 Palestinian solidarity encampment at UCLA, then detained him without Miranda warnings. He also claims UC administration failed to stop growing hostility toward Palestinian cause sympathizers on campus.
A judge has ruled that a Palestinian cause sympathizer can move forward for now with most of his lawsuit against the UC Regents in which he alleges police hit him …
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