[TENTATIVE] ORDER ___________ PETITION FOR WRIT OF ADMINISTRATIVE MANDAMUS

Petitioner, Amnah Essa, seeks an order from this court requiring Respondent, Board of Trustees of the California State University, to set aside its decision of May 28, 2019 expelling her from “all campuses of the California State University.” (AR 2.) Respondent opposes Petitioner’s request.

The petition is __________.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Prior to her expulsion, Petitioner was a graduate student in the linguistics program at the Northridge campus of the California State University (CSUN). In her final semester in the program, CSUN required Petitioner to submit a portfolio of work—a “culminated project”—including a research paper. (AR 172.) The “culminating experience” is a “very important project for graduate students.” (AR 173.)

Petitioner submitted a proposal for her research paper to her professor, Stephanie Kim, in February 2019. (AR 172.) The professor “saw some inconsistencies in [Petitioner’s] writi