Boulder County Sheriff's Office

Lynn Katoa

A University of Colorado freshman linebacker who in March was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault at an off-campus party has waived his right to a preliminary hearing and is due to enter a plea in his case May 30.

Lynn Katoa, 18, has been suspended from the team and could be banned from campus for the summer and fall semesters by the university's Office of Judicial Affairs.

According to Boulder police, Katoa is suspected of forcing his way into an apartment building and punching two people — one while holding a rock in his hand.

During a court appearance Monday, which was scheduled to be a preliminary hearing, Katoa waived his right to that proceeding and asked to set a date to enter a plea.

Katoa's attorney also asked if his client can stop taking the periodic drug tests that were among the conditions of his bond release from the Boulder County Jail, arguing that drugs weren't involved in his arrest, he doesn't do them and the tests are expensive.