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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed in 2020 which claimed transgender females competing in girls track had an unfair advantage. (Chris Dehnel/Patch)
CONNECTICUT A federal lawsuit filed last year on behalf of four teenage girls who claimed the allowance of transgender girls to compete in high school track and field events denied them opportunities for scholarships and awards was dismissed Sunday by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny.
The suit was filed in Feb. 2020 on behalf of Selina Soule, then a senior at Glastonbury High School; Chelsea Mitchell, then a senior at Canton High School; and Alanna Smith, then a sophomore at Danbury High School. After the filing, Ashley Nicoletti, then a sophomore at Immaculate High School in Danbury was added to the list of plaintiffs.
Selina Soule | Alliance Defending Freedom
A federal judge has tossed out a high-profile lawsuit filed on behalf of four female athletes suing to stop a Connecticut high school athletics association policy allowing biological males who identify as females to compete in girlsâ sports at the K-12 level.Â
Lawyers representing the athletes plan to appeal the ruling.
Judge Robert Chatigny, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, issued a ruling Sunday determining that the lawsuit filed against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference and the Connecticut Association of Schools was ânot justiciable at this time.âÂ
A federal judge has tossed out a high-profile lawsuit filed on behalf of four female athletes suing to stop a Connecticut high school athletics association policy allowing biological males who identify as females to compete in girls’ sports at the K-12 level.
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By Sarah Parshall Perry | April 27, 2021 | 5:28pm EDT
A transgender flag is brandished at a protest. (Photo credit: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Can a judge who orders plaintiffs’ counsel to call biological boys “females” even though the very nature of the Title IX lawsuit involves questions of males’ competitive advantage in scholastic sports render an impartial ruling on defendants’ motion to dismiss the suit?
It would seem the answer is “no.”
A federal district court judge in Connecticut on Sunday dismissed a lawsuit that had been filed by four female high school track athletes who have been fighting since 2019 to keep biological boys from competing in girls scholastic sports.