Judge reinstates motion on evidence in Salaita suit

August 27, 2015
New Gazette

A federal judge presiding over Steven Salaita's lawsuit has agreed to reinstate a claim that accuses the University of Illinois of destroying evidence about the decision to revoke Salaita's job.

At a status hearing Thursday morning in U.S. District Court in Chicago, Judge Harry Leinenweber at first said he would allow the university to respond before ruling on Salaita's motion, filed earlier this week. But he then issued a written order allowing Salaita's amended complaint to proceed. ...

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