Judge Dismisses Trump Bid for Harvard Admissions Data in February Suit
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
Judge Dismisses Trump Bid for Harvard Admissions Data in February Suit
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
Summary
A federal judge in Boston threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking to force Harvard to hand over admissions records, including applicant essays, for a discrimination investigation.
Judge Myong J. Joun said the administration had not cleared the procedural hurdles needed to obtain a court order compelling production of the materials.
The February suit had accused Harvard of slow-walking document production and withholding applicant-level admissions records that federal investigators wanted to review.
Joun said the ruling does not decide whether Harvard discriminated or whether the government could still lawfully seek more narrowly defined applicant-level data, leaving the broader admissions fight unresolved.