A federal judge denied a motion to temporarily prevent a federal judge from starting as the next dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law.
Last week, professor Ramsi Woodcock filed a lawsuit against the incoming dean, Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, as well as UK President Eli Capilouto, Provost Robert DiPaola and the university. Among Woodcock’s requests were asking the court to block Van Tatenhove from becoming dean of the law school and preventing UK administrators from appointing or reappointing a dean over the objection of a majority of faculty.
The case had been originally filed in the U.S. Eastern Kentucky District Court, but has since moved to the Western District, as Van Tatenhove served in the Eastern District. District Judge Benjamin J. Beaton, of the U.S. Western District of Kentucky, is presiding,
Beaton denied a motion for a temporary restraining order from Woodcock. Joe Childers, who is representing Woodcock, said he now will seek a preliminary injunction.
UK announced Van Tatenhove, who was appointed to the bench by Republican President George W. Bush, as the next dean of the college earlier this year, but the choice has been met with criticism.
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear blasted UK administration this spring for the choice, saying he was “losing confidence and growing increasingly concerned” with the management of the state’s flagship institution. Associate deans at the law school wrote a February email to DiPaola that faculty felt Van Tatenhove...
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