A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking injunctive relief on Friday filed by SurvJustice and other rights groups against US Secretary of Education Betsey DeVos and the department’s policy regarding Title IX enforcement.
The department of Education released a new guidance document in 2017 that has been highly contested since. This decision comes after oral arguments were made by both parties in October. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley held that the new guidance is not “final” and therefore not subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
