4th Cir. 15-2056 Case History

Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
previously G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board
No. 15-2056, Docket 

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Panel: Circuit Judges Paul V. Niemeyer, Henry F. Floyd and Senior Circuit Judge Andre M. Davis

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Appealed from :

• G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board (E.D. Va., No. 4:15-cv-00054)
  • Order (09/04/15)
    • Preliminary Injunction denied
  • Notice of Appeal (09/08/15)
  • District Court Update: Memo Opinion (09/17/2015)

Related Cases

 G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board (4th Cir., No. 16-1733); Docket
 Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. (U.S., No. 16-273); Docket

PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING SUPREME COURT REMAND

• Supreme Court Order (03/06/2017) and Judgment (04/07/2017)
  • Judgment of the Fourth Circuit is vacated
  • Case is remanded “for further consideration in light of the guidance document issued by the Department of Education and Department of Justice on February 22, 2017” [Feb 22 document is here]

MOTION FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING AND ORAL ARGUMENT

• Plaintiff-Appellant G.G.’s Motion (03/08/2017)
• ORDER – Response Requested (03/08/2017)
• Defendant-Appellee Gloucester County School Board’s Partial Opposition (03/14/2017)
• G.G.’s Reply (03/14/2017)
• ORDER – Motion Denied (04/07/2017)

POST-REMAND BRIEFING

• Order directing parties to file suggested briefing schedule (04/07/2017)
• Parties’ Suggested Schedule (04/12/2017)
• Briefing Order  (04/13/2017)

Parties Supplemental Briefs on the Merits

• Opening Briefs (05/08/2017)
  • Plaintiff-Appellant G.G.
  • Defendant-Appellee Gloucester County School Board
• Joint Appendix
• Reply briefs due June 2, 2017

Amicus Briefs in support of Plaintiff-Appellant and in favor of reversal

• Constitutional Accountability Center (05/12/2017)
• Professors Samuel Bagenstos, et al. (05/15/2017)
• American Academy Of Pediatrics, et al. (05/15/2017)
• Transgender Students and Allies (05/15/2017)
• interACT: Advocates For Intersex Youth, et al. (05/15/2017)
• PFLAG, Inc., et al. (05/15/2017)
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Other Organizations (05/15/2017)
• American Bar Association (05/15/2017)
• National Education Association, et al. (05/15/2017)
• National PTA, et al. (05/15/2017)
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (05/15/2017)
• States of New York, et al. (05/15/2017)
• Apple, IBM Corporation, Microsoft and 56 Other Companies (05/15/2017)
• National Women’s Law Center, et al.  (05/15/2017)
• School Administrators from Thirty-Three States and DC [Corrected] (corrected brief filed 05/16/2017)
• Secys of Ed. Arne Duncan and John B. King, Jr., and Other Former Officials from the EEOC, Depts of Ed., Justice, Labor and HHS (05/16/2017)

Amicus Briefs in support of Defendant-Appellee and in favor of affirmance

• Foundation for Moral Law (05/09/2017)
• North Carolina Values Coalition and The Family Research Council (05/12/2017)
• Dr. Judith Reisman and The Child Protection Institute (05/15/2017)
• Alliance Defending Freedom (05/15/2017)
• Women’s Liberation Front and Family Policy Alliance (05/15/2017)
• State of West Virginia and 16 Other States (05/15/2017)
• Public Advocates of the United States (05/15/2017)
• The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty [Corrected] (05/15/2017)
• Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund (05/15/2017)
• Paul R. McHugh, M.D., et al. (05/15/2017) Filed in closed case, No. 16-1733

PROCEEDINGS IN INITIAL APPEAL

BRIEFS ON THE MERITS

• Plaintiff-Appellant’s Brief [corrected] and Joint Appendix (original filed 10/21/2015, corrected 01/06/2016)
• Defendant-Appellee’s Brief (11/23/2016)

Amicus Briefs in support of Plaintiff-Appellant and in favor of reversal

• United States (10/28/2015)
• National Women’s Law Center, et al. (10/28/2015) [motion to file, granted]
• School Administrators (10/28/2015) [motion to file, granted]
• World Professional Association for Transgender Health, et al. [Corrected] (original 10/28/2015, corrected 11/02/201) [motion to file, granted]
• Gender Benders, et al  [Corrected] (10/29/2015)  [motion to file, granted]

ORAL ARGUMENT

• Plaintiff-Appellant’s Motion for expedited oral argument (11/03/2015)
• ORDER Granting Motion (11/04/2015)

• Argued Wednesday, January 27, 2016 ; AUDIO
  Before Circuit Judges

• • Presenting Argument (20 minutes per side)
    • Joshua A. Block, for Appellant G.G.
    • David Corrigan, for Appellees Gloucester County School Board

CASE MANAGEMENT

• Case Docketed September 10, 2015
• Docketing Notice (09/10/2015)
• Plaintiffs’ Docketing Statement (09/10/2015)
• Briefing Order (09/11/2015)
  • Opening Brief and Appendix due Oct 21, 2015
  • Response Brief due Nov 23, 2015
  • Reply permitted 14 days after service of Response
• Initial Mediation Conference Scheduled (09/11/2015)

Current through Docket # 51, 11/25/2016 +  [#101 – 168]