USCA4 Appeal: 23-1890 Doc: 122 Filed: 06/06/2024 Pg: 1 of 2
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`FILED: June 6, 2024
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`UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
`FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
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`No. 23-1890
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`TAMER MAHMOUD; ENAS BARAKAT; JEFF ROMAN; SVITLANA ROMAN;
`CHRIS PERSAK; MELISSA PERSAK, in their individual capacities and ex rel. their
`minor children; KIDS FIRST, an unincorporated association
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` Plaintiffs - Appellants
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`v.
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`MONIFA B. MCKNIGHT; SHEBRA EVANS; LYNNE HARRIS; GRACE
`RIVERA-OVEN; KARLA SILVESTRE; REBECCA SMONDROWSKI; BRENDA
`WOLFF; JULIE YANG; MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
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` Defendants - Appellees
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`DOUGLAS LAYCOCK, Professor; RICHARD W. GARNETT, Professor; HELEN
`M. ALVARE, Professor; THOMAS C. BERG, Professor; MICHAEL W.
`MCCONNELL, Professor; NICHOLAS BROWN; ZEINA EL DEBS; TIMOTHY
`JANSS; DAGMAR JANSS; STEPHANIE PATE; JEWISH COALITION FOR
`RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; COALITION OF VIRTUE; ISLAM AND RELIGIOUS
`FREEDOM ACTION TEAM; COALITION FOR JEWISH VALUES;
`COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND 17 OTHER STATES; ETHICS AND
`PUBLIC POLICY CENTER; ERIC DEGROFF, Professor; COMMONWEALTH
`OF VIRGINIA AND 22 OTHER STATES; ADVANCING AMERICAN
`FREEDOM, INC.; PAUL TELLER; ALASKA FAMILY COUNCIL; AMERICAN
`FAMILY ASSOCIATION ACTION; AMERICAN VALUES; CATHOLIC VOTE;
`CENTER FOR POLITICAL RENEWAL; CHRISTIAN LAW ASSOCIATION;
`CHRISTIANS ENGAGED; EAGLE FORUM; FRONTLINE POLICY COUNCIL;
`IDAHO FAMILY POLICY CENTER; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
`EVANGELICAL CHAPLAIN ENDORSERS; MISSOURI CENTER-RIGHT
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`COALITION; MINNESOTA FAMILY COUNCIL; MOMS FOR LIBERTY;
`NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS d/b/a PARENTSUSA; NEW JERSEY
`FAMILY FOUNDATION; NEW MEXICO FAMILY ACTION MOVEMENT;
`SETTING THINGS RIGHT; THE FAMILY FOUNDATION; THE JUSTICE
`FOUNDATION
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` Amici Supporting Appellants
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`NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; MARYLAND STATE EDUCATION
`ASSOCIATION; MONTGOMERY COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION;
`PROFESSOR LAWRENCE G. SAGER; PROFESSOR NELSON TEBBE;
`PROFESSOR JUSTIN DRIVER; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION;
`AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MARYLAND; LAMBDA LEGAL
`DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, INC.; GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES &
`DEFENDERS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS; HUMAN
`RIGHTS; CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION; THE TREVOR PROJECT, INC; GLSEN,
`INC.; PFLAG, INC.; PFLAG REGIONAL CHAPTERS; EQUALITY NORTH
`CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA EQUALITY, INC.; MOCO PRIDE CENTER;
`FCPS PRIDE; RAINBOW YOUTH ALLIANCE; SUPPORTING AND
`MENTORING YOUTH ADVOCATES AND LEADERS; WHITMAN-WALKER
`HEALTH; WHITMAN-WALKER INSTITUTE; MARYLAND;
`MASSACHUSETTS, CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT; DELAWARE; THE
`DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; HAWAII; ILLINOIS; MAINE; MICHIGAN;
`MINNESOTA; NEVADA; NEW YORK; NEW JERSEY; OREGON;
`PENNSYLVANIA; RHODE ISLAND; VERMONT; WASHINGTON
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` Amici Supporting Appellees
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`M A N D A T E
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`The judgment of this court, entered May 15, 2024, takes effect today.
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`This constitutes the formal mandate of this court issued pursuant to Rule 41(a)
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`of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
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`/s/Nwamaka Anowi, Clerk
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