04/30/2025
BREAKING NEWS - Sonoma State administration violated the temporary restraining order filed by the Sonoma County Superior Court, according to a source who requested to remain anonymous.
The Joseph Saveri Law Firm, representing the seven student-athletes who filed the lawsuit against Sonoma State, confirmed the school’s actions are in violation.
The Temporary Restraining Order, filed on April 15, halted Sonoma State from proceeding with the discontinuation of academic programs until May 1, where a preliminary injunction hearing will take place.
David Seidel, a lawyer at the Joseph Saveri Law Firm, who serves as the attorney on behalf of the seven Sonoma State student-athletes who filed the lawsuit against SSU, said they received information from faculty and staff indicating actions were taken after April 15. Seidel confirmed these actions violated the restraining order.
“They were taking action to implement these discontinuations before they had gone through the process,” said Seidel, “So we did raise that with opposing counsel from the judge.”
Seidel confirmed there was activity on the campus’s Curriculog — the campus’s online curriculum management systems — to move forward with program discontinuation from administrators after April 15.
Seidel also said department chairs of departments slated to be eliminated had their request for classes — submitted to the registration portal — declined by administration.
Article and Photo by Austin Metzger
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