Title
Loudoun County Parents V Loudoun School Board / MASKS
Case Number
Case No. 22-546
State or Country
Virginia
Judges
Douglas L. Fleming Jr.
Chief Judge
James P. Fisher
Judge
Jeanette A. Irby
Judge
James E Plowman
Judge
Stephen E. Sincavage
Judge
Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Jeanette Irby, who was assigned to preside over a pair of ongoing recall cases involving school board members, is recusing herself from the cases, according to court records.
Defendant
LOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD,
Plaintiff Attorney
Robert Luther lll VSB #78766
JONES DAY
51 Louisiana AVenue, NW
Washington DC, 20001
202-879-3785
Fax 202-626-1700
RLuther@jonesday.com
Of Counsel:
James M. Burnham
Joseph P. Falvey
Caleb P. Redmond
Abigail Stout
JONES DAY
51 Louisiana AVenue, NW
Washington DC, 20001
202-879-3785
Fax 202-626-1700
Intervener
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
by GLENN A. YOUNGKIN, Governor of Virginia,
JASON S. MIYARES, Attorney General of Virginia, and
JILLIAN BALOW, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lawyers: ANDREW N. FERGUSON (#86583)
Solicitor General
KEVIN M. GALLAGHER (#87548)
Deputy Solicitor General
GRAHAM K. BRYANT (#90592)
ANNIE CHIANG (#94703)
M. JORDAN MINOT (#95321)
Assistant Solicitors General
JASON S. MIYARES
Attorney General
CHARLES H. SLEMP III (#79742)
Chief Deputy Attorney General
STEVEN G. POPPS (#80817)
COKE MORGAN STEWART (#41933)
Deputy Attorneys General
Office of the Attorney General
202 North Ninth Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 786-5315-Telephone
(804) 371-0200-Facsimile
Document Links 1 (Scribd et. al)
https://www.oag.state.va.us/files/2022/As-Filed-Papers-in-Barnett-v-LCSB.pdf
Document Link 2
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/loudountimes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/c0/5c0ee570-83af-11ec-918e-f37b7aba3344/61f9b6ea3e876.pdf.pdf
Comments
Commonwealth of Virginia
Office of the Attorney General
Jason S. Miyares
Attorney General
202 North 9th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804-786-2071
FAX 804-786-1991
Virginia Relay Service
800-828-1120
For media inquiries only, contact:
Victoria LaCivita
(804) 588-2021
vlacivita@oag.state.va.us
ATTORNEY GENERAL MIYARES SIDES WITH LOUDOUN PARENTS IN RECENT LAWSUIT
The Governor, Attorney General, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction filed a motion today to join Loudoun County parents in a pending lawsuit against their school board. The Loudoun parents are suing their school board for ignoring the Governor’s executive order two and preventing an ‘opt out’ option for mask mandates. After nearly two years in this pandemic, we have better risk mitigation strategies and vaccines, and we know much more about the efficacy of requiring children to wear masks all day.
Parents know what is best for their children and should be able to decide if their children wear a mask for eight hours a day. For this reason, the Attorney General, Governor, and Superintendent of Public Instruction are seeking a motion for temporary injunction and a motion for temporary restraining order.
“When the pandemic started, Governor Northam used his emergency powers to close down places of worship, private businesses, and schools and impose a universal mask mandate. Nearly two years later, Governor Youngkin is using those same emergency powers to adapt to our current phase in the same pandemic, by giving parents the ability to opt out of a school mask mandate,” said Attorney General Miyares. "We have always expected this to be settled in the Courts and have complete faith in the legal process. In the meantime, we encourage parents to listen to their school principal until this is resolved in the courts.”