The Supreme Court just this week declined the Gloucester County School Board’s request to allow it an appeal of the U.S. Fourth Circuit’s decision in the protracted litigation over the Board’s facilities use policy involving a former student over his use of facilities. The student, asserting transgender status, alleged that the Board’s policy violated legal rights, including under Title IX. The Fourth Circuit had ruled in favor of the former student and against the School Board. The dispute had gone through several courts in several iterations of appeal, and the Board hoped that the Supreme Court would again grant its appeal. Although the Supreme Court had previously granted the Board an appeal, the Supreme Court ultimately decided not to hear it for reasons unrelated to the merits as such. Justices Thomas and Alito indicated in this latest appeal attempt that they supported the grant of an appeal. Here’s the list of U.S. Supreme Court orders which reflects in the Gloucester case the refusal of what is called “certiorari,” (see Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm, Gavin on page 7).