BD. OF EDUC. OF HIGHLAND v. U.S. DEPT. OF EDUC.

Case No. 2:16-CV-524.

208 F.Supp.3d 850 (2016)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE HIGHLAND LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, et al., Defendants. Jane DOE, a minor, by and through her legal guardians Joyce and John Doe Intervenor Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Board of Education of the Highland Local School District, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

Signed September 26, 2016.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 2201 Declaratory Judgement
Nature of Suit: 899 Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Langdon , Langdon Law LLC, West Chester, OH, Andrew J. Burton , Renwick, Welsh & Burton LLC Mansfield, OH, Douglas G. Wardlow , Gary S. McCaleb , Jeana Hallock , Kenneth J. Connelly , Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ, J. Matthew Sharp , Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, GA, for Plaintiff.

Benjamin L. Berwick , U.S. Department of Justice, Boston, MA, Spencer E. Amdur , Sheila Lieber , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

John Richard Harrison , Linda M. Italiano Gorczynski , Hickman & Lowder, Cleveland, OH, Derek Wikstrom , Jennifer Mintz , Joseph Weissman , Jyotin Hamid , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, Asaf Orr, San Francisco, CA, Christopher Stoll , National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA, for Intervenor Third-Party Plaintiff.

Matthew John Markling , McGown & Markling Co, L.P.A., Akron, OH, Patrick Vrobel , Sean Thomas Koran , Akron, OH, for Third-Party Defendants.


OPINION & ORDER

Jane Doe, an eleven-year-old transgender girl, seeks to use the girls' restroom at Highland Elementary School. Highland will not permit her to do so. After an investigation, the Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") of the Department of Education ("DOE...

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