Federal Court Halts Viringia School’s Suspension Of Male Student Over Locker Room Challenge
Judge Grants Emergency Motion, Allowing Male Student to Return to Classes While Lawsuit Against School District Proceeds
A federal court has temporarily blocked Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) from suspending a male student who objected to a girl being in the boys’ locker room. The ruling, issued today, grants an emergency motion filed by the legal organizations America First Legal (AFL) and the Founding Freedoms Law Center (FFLC), allowing the student to return to in-person education immediately.
The decision comes as part of a new federal lawsuit filed by AFL and FFLC on behalf of the student and his parents. The lawsuit alleges that LCPS violated the students’ rights under the United States Constitution, the Virginia Constitution, Title IX, and the Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
According to a press release from America First Legal, two male students from Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County were issued a 10-day suspension and labeled with Title IX “sexual harassment” for their complaints. The court’s order specifically requires the LCPS Board to “immediately place the remainder of S.W.’s 10-day suspension in abeyance, permit S.W. back into school starting on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, and allow him to continue with in-person education until the issues raised in this Complaint are resolved.”
The court has scheduled a hearing for Friday to consider a preliminary injunction, which would provide a more extended pause on the suspension as the case moves forward.
“We are very pleased with the Court’s decision and we look forward to fighting on behalf of our clients,” said Ian Prior, Senior Counselor at America First Legal.
Victoria Cobb, President of the Founding Freedoms Law Center, echoed this sentiment, stating, “We’re pleased the Court sees the importance of halting a wrongful punishment so our client continues his education until he is ultimately vindicated.”
The legal action and the court’s decision center on a dispute over parental rights and education, as the lawsuit seeks to vindicate the students who were, in the view of their legal representatives, wrongly labeled as sexual harassers by the school district. The case will now proceed in the Alexandria Division of the Eastern District Court of Virginia.
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