Kaku v. Arizona Board of Regents

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

This case concerns the construction of A.R.S. § 15-1628, as it applies to the payment of funds by the Arizona Board of Regents (the Board) into the optional retirement program (retirement program) established by that statute. Appellant Bharat Kaku, a former faculty member at the University of Arizona (University), appeals from the denial of his motion for summary judgment, the granting of the Board’s cross motion for summary judgment, and the denial of class certification. We affirm.

The facts are undisputed. When Kaku entered the United States he chose to enter under a…