Judge Awards Parents $4.5 Million in Calif. Gender Case
1st April 2026
A federal judge has ordered California to pay more than $4.52 million in attorneys’ fees to a coalition of parents and teachers who successfully challenged the state’s anti-parent public school policies on student gender transitions.
U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez issued the fee award on March 30 in the long-running case, citing the plaintiffs’ prevailing status after winning summary judgment and a class-wide injunction last year.
The ruling came as the underlying dispute continues in the federal appeals court.