The Women's Student Union v. U.S. Department of Education
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 THE WOMEN’S STUDENT UNION, Case No. 21-cv-01626-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S
v. MOTION TO STAY THE CASE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Docket No. 44 Defendant.
12 13 Pending before the Court is the Department of Education’s motion to stay the case for sixty days while it reviews the regulations at issue. See Docket No. 44 (Stay Mot.). For the following reasons, the motion is DENIED. In 2020, then-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued regulations that Plaintiff the Women’s Student Union (WSU) contends weakened key federal protections under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for students who experience sexual harassment and discrimination in public schools. See Docket No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶ 8 (citing 85 Fed. Reg. 30,026 (May 19, 2020) (codified at various places in 34 C.F.R. Pt. 106) (the “Regulations)). WSU filed the instant action seeking to vacate the Regulations under the Administrative Procedure…