ONGOING CASES

Kluge V. Brownsburg Community School
Religion, Religious Accommodation, Employment, Title VII, Indiana, 7th Circuit, Academia, Undue Burden, Southern District of Indiana Mack Karbon Religion, Religious Accommodation, Employment, Title VII, Indiana, 7th Circuit, Academia, Undue Burden, Southern District of Indiana Mack Karbon

Kluge V. Brownsburg Community School

SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

John Kluge resigned from his position at the Brownsburg Community School after administrators refused to allow him to misname and misgender trans students as an accommodation for his religious beliefs. On April 30, 2024, the district court entered judgment for the school and ruled that teachers do no have a religious right to misname and misgender students.

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Hammons v. University of Maryland Medical System, Inc.
Religion, Gender Affirming Care, 4th Circuit, Maryland, Establishment Clause, Equal Protection, Affordable Care Act, District of Maryland Mack Karbon Religion, Gender Affirming Care, 4th Circuit, Maryland, Establishment Clause, Equal Protection, Affordable Care Act, District of Maryland Mack Karbon

Hammons v. University of Maryland Medical System, Inc.

FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

Jesse Hammons was denied a commonly performed medical procedure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center because he is transgender. The taxpayer-owned hospital claims that providing Hammons with medical care would be a violation of their religious beliefs. The case is currently in abeyance pending the Fourth Circuit's en banc decision in Anderson v. Crouch.

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