Anders

BACKGROUND

20 Plaintiffs bring this putative class action against California State University, Fresno 21 (“Fresno State”) for alleged violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in 22 connection with women’s athletics. See Doc. No. 59. The operative pleading is the Second 23 Amended Complaint (“SAC”), which the Court has found to state an effective accommodation 24 claim and an equal treatment claim.1 Doc. No. 59. The contours of these claims—as wells as facts 25 and allegations relevant to each claim—are addressed at length in other orders, as are relevant 26 27 1 aspects of Title IX law and law governing class certification.2 2 On February 25, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a motion proposing two former members of Fresno 3 State’s varsity women’s lacrosse team—Taylor Anders and Courtney Walburger—as class 4 representatives and seeking certification of the following class for both the effective 5 accommodation claim and the equal treatment claim: 6 All present and future women students and potential students at Fresno State who participate, seek to participate, and/or are deterred from participating in 7 intercollegiate athletics there.

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