BROWN v. LI

No. 01-55930.

299 F.3d 1092 (2002)

Christopher Todd BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles LI, in his official capacity as Dean, Graduate Division, University of California Santa Barbara; Henry Yang, in his individual and official capacity as Chancellor, University of California Santa Barbara; Galen Stucky, in his individual and official capacity as Professor of Chemistry and Material, University of California Santa Barbara; Daniel E. Morse, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara; Fred Lange, in his individual and official capacity as Chair of the Materials Department, University of California Santa Barbara; Sarah Pritchard, in her individual and in her official capacity as Director of the Davidson Library, University of California Santa Barbara, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun Desimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA; and Penelope Glass, Law Offices of Penelope Glass, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Christopher M. Patti, Office of the General Counsel, The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Kevin M. Brennan, Arnold & Porter, New York, NY, for the amicus curiae.

Before: FERGUSON, REINHARDT, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge GRABER; Concurrence by Judge FERGUSON; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge REINHARDT.

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we consider the extent to which the First Amendment and due process guarantees are implicated when a graduate student's thesis committee declines to approve a thesis that meets academic and professional standards in all respects except one...

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