International Technological University Foundation v. WASC Senior College and University Commission

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL Case No. 22-cv-04576-BLF

UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 9 TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER v. 10 [Re: ECF No. 70]

WASC SENIOR COLLEGE AND

11 UNIVERSITY COMMISSION, et al.,

12 Defendants.

13 14 Plaintiff International Technological University Foundation (“ITU”) brings this action 15 against its accrediting body, another university, and two former employees, asserting a range of 16 claims. Relevant to the present motion, ITU asserts that its accrediting body, WASC Senior 17 College and University Commission (“WSCUC”), breached contracts with ITU when it 18 conditioned accreditation upon ITU installing Greg O’Brien, a friend of WSCUC’s Executive 19 Vice President, into a leadership position at ITU and placed ITU in “show cause” status regarding 20 possible termination of its accreditation in retaliation for ITU’s board ousting O’Brien in…