Spatz
Spatz v. Regents of the University of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division DR. JORDAN SPATZ, M.D., PH.D., Case No. 21-cv-09605-LB
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
v. Re: ECF No. 56 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA,
15 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff, Jordan Spatz, is a 2021 medical-school graduate from the University of California, San Francisco. He applied to residency programs in 2020, 2021, and 2022 (including at UCSF) but did not obtain a residency placement anywhere in the country. The defendant, the Regents of the University of California, operated the medical school. The plaintiff claims violations of federal and state laws, including a claim for age discrimination under the federal Age Discrimination Act of 1975.1 He moved for a preliminary injunction to (1) require the Regents to give him a neurological-surgery residency at UCSF immediately or keep a position open for him pending a determination about…