Reges

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STUART REGES, No. 24-3518 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:22-cv-00964-

JHC

v.

ANA MARI CAUCE, in her official capacity as President of the OPINION University of Washington; MAGDALENA BALAZINSKA, in her official and individual capacities as Director of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; DAN GROSSMAN, in his official and individual capacities as Vice Director of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; NANCY ALLBRITTON, in her official and individual capacities as Dean of the College of Engineering,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington John H. Chun, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted May 15, 2025 San Francisco, California

Filed December 19, 2025

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bress; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge S.R. Thomas

SUMMARY *

First Amendment

The panel reversed the district court’s judgment in favor of University of…