The Escondido School district is like Hunter Biden—it refuses obey authority. A court ordered them to reinstate two teachers—they continue to refuse. The crime of the teachers? The district wanted them to lie to parents about their children. Isn’t this child abuse by the District?
“Thomas More Society attorneys will be in federal court January 10, 2024, seeking contempt of court sanctions against a San Diego-area school district. Administrators at Escondido Union School District (EUSD) have refused to reinstate teachers Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West, who filed a lawsuit opposing a dangerous school district policy that forced them to lie to parents about their children’s gender dysphoria. The district has kept the teachers on administrative leave, rather than honor the court order restraining EUSD from taking any adverse employment actions against Mirabelli and West.”
Government is corrupt. Are you still sending your children to schools that hate them—and despise you?
Federal Court Hears Contempt Accusations After San Diego School District Refuses to Reinstate Teachers
Thomas More Society Attorneys in Court January 10 on Behalf of Middle School Teachers Forced to Lie to Parents
Tom Ciesielka, Thomas More society, 1/9/24, thomasmoresociety.org
(January 9, 2024 – San Diego, California) Thomas More Society attorneys will be in federal court January 10, 2024, seeking contempt of court sanctions against a San Diego-area school district. Administrators at Escondido Union School District (EUSD) have refused to reinstate teachers Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West, who filed a lawsuit opposing a dangerous school district policy that forced them to lie to parents about their children’s gender dysphoria. The district has kept the teachers on administrative leave, rather than honor the court order restraining EUSD from taking any adverse employment actions against Mirabelli and West.
In September 2023, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that the school district’s policy compelling staff to deceive parents about their children’s gender identity preferences could not be enforced while the case is under consideration. The court also ruled that Mirabelli and West must be allowed to return to their classrooms. The district has refused to abide by the court’s ruling and allow the teachers to safely return to work. Mirabelli and West are suing administrators at EUSD and the California Department of Education.
Along with civil contempt sanctions against the school district, Thomas More Society attorneys are requesting that the court order EUSD to pay attorneys’ fees incurred in attempting to compel it to comply with the court’s ruling and issue a clarifying order requiring the school district to bring Mirabelli and West safely back to work.
WHAT: United States District Court for the Southern District of California will hear contempt of court charges in Mirabelli, et al. v. Olson, et al.
WHEN: Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 10 a.m. (Pacific)
WHERE: Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse, 221 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101, Fifth Floor, Courtroom 5A
MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/a7qbmnMKM2hcqBKN7
WHO: Thomas More Society Special Counsel Paul Jonna and Jeffrey Trissell, both with LiMandri and Jonna LLP, before Judge Roger Benitez
Read the Reply in Support of Plaintiffs Motion for Contempt Filed January 6, 2024, here.
Read the Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application for an Order to Show Cause re: Civil Contempt of Court and/or Clarification of the Preliminary Injunction Order, filed December 6, 2023, here.
Read the Verified Complaint filed April 27, 2023, by Thomas More Society attorneys in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, on behalf of middle school teachers Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West, in Mirabelli, et al. v. Olson, et al. here.
About the Thomas More Society
The Thomas More Society is a national not-for-profit law firm dedicated to restoring respect in law for life, family, and freedom. Headquartered in Chicago and with offices across the country, Thomas More Society fosters support for these causes by providing high quality pro bono legal services from local trial courts all the way up to the United States Supreme Court. For more information, please visit thomasmoresociety.org.
