Jensen

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LARS JENSEN, Doctor, No. 23-2545 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 3:22-cv-00045-

LRH-CLB

v.

NATALIE BROWN, Doctor; ANNE

FLESHER; KARIN HILGERSOM, OPINION

Doctor; MARIE MURGOLO; MELODY ROSE, Doctor,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Larry R. Hicks, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 4, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed March 10, 2025

Before: Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Berzon SUMMARY *

First Amendment Retaliation

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal of an action brought by Lars Jensen, a math professor at Truckee Meadows Community College, alleging that Truckee Meadows Community College and Nevada System of Higher Education administrators (the “Administrators”) retaliated against him and violated his due process and equal protection rights after he voiced concerns about a policy change to the math curriculum standards. The panel held that the district court erroneously dismissed Jensen’s…