Judge rejects DOJ bid to join Loudoun County locker room case on behalf of suspended boys

A federal judge has reportedly rejected the Justice Department’s request to join a civil rights case brought by two high school boys in Northern Virginia who were suspended on Title IX sexual harassment charges after privately objecting to a transgender student’s presence in the boys’ locker room.

During a hearing held on Friday morning, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema denied the DOJ’s motion to intervene in the case as a co-plaintiff against Loudoun County Public Schools, according to WJLA’s Nick Minock.

Brinkema, who also weighed the school district’s motion to dismiss all claims, dropped 3 out of 12 counts lodged in the lawsuit.

Following the ruling, Brinkema ordered mediation between the parties.

In December, the DOJ asked to be added to the litigation, arguing that Section 902