Appeals court rejects request to rehear Gloucester transgender bathroom case

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 6:07 pm

By GRAHAM MOOMAW Richmond Times-Dispatch

A federal appeals court will not revisit a three-judge panel's ruling in favor of a transgender teenager battling the Gloucester County School Board over its bathroom policy.

The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied a petition by the school board seeking to have the case reheard by the full court. The decision could move the potentially far-reaching case closer to review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Judge Paul V. Niemeyer, who dissented in the earlier ruling, did so again in the rehearing denial, which came after no judge requested a poll on the petition. In his dissent, Niemeyer said he chose not to request such a poll because "the momentous nature of the issue deserves an open road to the Supreme Court."

"Time is of the essence, and I can only urge the parties to seek Supreme Court review," Niemeyer wrote.


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Hat tip, Joe.My.God: Fourth Circuit Court Rejects Rehearing Of Case That Granted Bathroom Rights To Transgender Student

[bucolic_frolic]

1. If the law classifies MtF's as male for bathroom purposes

based on birth gender, that means they are male and retain all the legal rights of males

including, in many public areas, the right to go topless

What will the Holy Rollers do then?

[cstanleytech]

2. Probably demand that be arrested for indecent exposure.

[Demit]

3. I wonder why the judge said time is of the essence?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Gloucester's School Board taking transgender bathroom case to U.S. Supreme Court

Hat tip, Joe.My.God: BREAKING: Fourth Circuit Court Stays Pro-Transgender Rights Ruling Pending Review By SCOTUS

Gloucester's School Board taking transgender bathroom case to U.S. Supreme Court

Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 3:27 pm

BY LOUIS LLOVIO Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Gloucester County’s School Board will appeal a federal court ruling on bathroom access for a transgender student to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week to deny the School Board’s appeal asking for the full court to rehear a three-judge panel’s ruling in favor of a transgender student suing the district for the right to use the boys bathroom.

The Richmond-based appeals court agreed Tuesday to hold off making its ruling final while the Supreme Court decides whether to take the case.

The three-judge panel’s ruling in April overturned a district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction, saying the lower court judge was “guided by erroneous legal principles.”

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. BREAKING: Fourth Circuit Court Lifts Stay On Order Granting Transgender Student Restroom Rights

BREAKING: Fourth Circuit Court Lifts Stay On Order Granting Transgender Student Restroom Rights

June 9, 2016 Civil Rights, LGBT News

A three-judge panel from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals just denied the stay motion filed Wednesday by Virginia’s Gloucester County School Board, which seeks to thwart the federal mandate on transgender student rights. That filing two days ago had triggered an automatic stay on the pro-trans April order while the Court considered their demand. The vote today was 2-1. Equality Case Files has today’s ruling. The Fourth Circuit Court has jurisdiction over Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina, and (hello) North Carolina.