Two University of Florida students have filed a federal lawsuit against the school’s Board of Trustees, alleging that the university violated their First and Fourth Amendment rights during a campus protest in the spring of 2024.
Plaintiffs Parker Hovis and Keely Gliwa filed the 22-page complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The lawsuit alleges that the university’s actions regarding their arrests and subsequent three-year suspensions were taken with “malice or deliberate indifference” to their federally protected rights.
The incident stems from a pro-Palestinian demonstration that began at UF’s Plaza of the Americas…