A wide view of the Mendocino County Courthouse shows the building’s front entrance, with a broad staircase leading up to glass doors beneath the courthouse name. Pale green railings line the steps, and the symmetrical façade is framed by trees and overcast sky.
FILE — The Mendocino County Courthouse in Ukiah, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (Sydney Fishman/Bay City News)

UKIAH, CA., 2/11/26 — A Mendocino College professor facing child sexual abuse charges is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing next week, when a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence for him to stand trial.

Jason Davis, a 54-year-old Ukiah resident and an English professor who has been placed on administrative leave at Mendocino College, has been charged with six felonies related to the abuse of a minor that allegedly started when the girl was 13 years old.

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at [email protected] or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.