An attorney filed a lawsuit against Ohio State University Sunday morning after the school refused to respond to a request for white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus. The lawsuit was filed in federal court.

COLUMBUS - An attorney filed a lawsuit against Ohio State University Sunday morning after the school refused to respond to a request for white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus. The lawsuit was filed in federal court.

This comes after refusing to permit Cameron Padgett to rent a room on Ohio State's campus where Spencer was supposed to speak about Alt-Right political philosophy. Padgett is a senior at Georgia State University and is organizing campus events for Spencer.

Padgett has demanded a jury trial to get a court order requiring OSU to permit him to rent a room on campus. The rental would not include security costs.

Attorney Kyle Bristow said last week that he wanted an "unequivocal and unconditional assertion" from Ohio State by 5 p.m. Friday that the school would allow Spencer to speak.

The school had said last week that it couldn't accommodate a Spencer event as requested on Nov. 15 for safety reasons but would decide by the end of this week whether viable alternatives exist.

Ohio State University issued the following statement:

"The university denied a request from Cameron Padgett to rent space on campus after determining that it is not presently able to accommodate this request due to substantial risk to public safety, as well as material and substantial disruption to the work and discipline of the university."

The university also provided a copy of the letter sent to Bristow:

"The University values freedom of speech. Nonetheless, the University has determined that it is not presently able to accommodate Mr. Padgett’s request to rent space at the University due to substantial risk to public safety, as well as material and substantial disruption to the work and discipline of the University. In reaching this determination, the University has considered the information presently available, including, but not limited to, consultation with law enforcement, and yesterday’s events at the University of Florida."