Wednesday, September 07, 2016

Happenings Down In North Carolina

A couple of news items about the court cases against the draconian HB2 law.
North Carolina transgender bathroom trial delayed
Fox News US
By Associated Press
Published September 02, 2016

RALEIGH, N.C. –  The trial over a North Carolina law governing transgender restroom access is being pushed back by several months, an attorney for residents challenging the law said Friday.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Joi Elizabeth Peake partly granted a request to delay the North Carolina proceedings while the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to hear a Virginia case on transgender restroom access, according to a brief entry in the federal court docket.

James Esseks, an ACLU lawyer on the team representing three transgender residents, said the judge's order means the case will be pushed back from its November trial date until May.
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The ACLU and the U.S. Justice Department are challenging the law, while North Carolina's Republican governor and legislative leaders are defending it.

The Republican leaders had asked the court to halt the proceedings while the Supreme Court decides if it will take the Virginia case, which centers around a transgender high school student who is asking officials to allow him to use a male restroom.
There is an injunction on the implementing the law that was issued by U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder.

Also LGBT Nation Reported that,
Citizen group drops lawsuit over North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’
By Associated Press
Friday, September 2, 2016

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A citizens group has dropped its lawsuit defending a North Carolina law that limits LGBT rights and requires transgender people to use bathrooms in many public buildings matching the sex on their birth certificate.

North Carolinians for Privacy filed a notice Wednesday that it was dismissing its case, one of several pending in federal court.

The state’s Republican leaders are continuing to defend the law in two other cases. A trial is scheduled for November.
Stay tune for the latest chapter in the continuing saga of HB2.

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