Archive · 23 Sep 2025
Judge Orders Trump Admin to Restore UCLA Funding
A judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funding to UCLA.
The administration froze over $500 million in grants.
The freeze was due to allegations of civil rights violations.
The judge ruled that the government likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
The grants were from the National Institutes of Health.
The Trump administration has used grants as a bargaining chip to influence policies.
A judge ordered the Trump administration to restore federal grants to UCLA.
The funding freeze was over allegations of civil rights violations.
Over $500 million in funding was ordered to be restored.
The judge, Rita Lin, stated the government likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
The grants were from the federal government.
- Who
- US District Judge Rita Lin, Trump administration, UCLA
- What
- Judge ordered the Trump administration to restore frozen federal grants to UCLA
- When
- Monday
- Where
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- Why
- Government likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act
UCLA
Trump Administration
Use of Federal Grants
UCLA
N/A
Trump Administration
Used federal grants and research support as a bargaining chip
- Affected Institution
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Judge
- Rita Lin
- Funding Amount Restored
- Over $500 million
- Reason for Funding Freeze
- Allegations of civil rights violations
Sources
Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding to UCLA
Judge orders Trump administration to restore frozen federal grants for University of California
