Kumar

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SUNIL KUMAR, Ph.D., PRAVEEN No. 23-4363 SINHA, Ph.D., D.C. No. 2:22-cv- Plaintiffs-Appellants, 07550-RGK- v. MAA

DR. JOLENE KOESTER, in her official capacity as Chancellor of OPINION California State University; LARRY

ADAMSON; DIANA AGUILAR-

CRUZ; DIEGO ARAMBULA; JACK

B. CLARKE, Jr.; DOUGLAS

FAIGIN; JEAN P. FIRSTENBERG;

WENDA FONG; LESLIE GILBERT-

LURIE; LILLIAN KIMBELL;

MARIA LINARES; JULIA I. LOPEZ;

JACK MCGRORY; ANNA ORTIZ-

MORFIT; YAMMILETTE

RODRIGUEZ; ROMEY SABALIUS;

LATEEFAH SIMON;

CHRISTOPHER STEIN HAUSER;

JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS, in their official capacities as trustees of California State University,

Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Hon. R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 16, 2025 Pasadena, California

Filed March 12, 2025

Before: Richard C. Tallman, Michelle T. Friedland, and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges

Opinion by Judge Tallman

SUMMARY *

Article III Standing

Affirming the district court’s dismissal of…