Case file
Concerned Jewish Parents and Teachers of Los Angeles v. Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium
Jewish parents and teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District challenged the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. On September 4, 2026 the Ninth Circuit let the plaintiffs replead and wiped out the anti-SLAPP strike and the attorney's fee award against them. Docket and filings, updated as documents become available.
Case information
- Case number
- 2:22-cv-03243-FMO-E (9th Cir. Nos. 24-7676, 25-3436)
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, on appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Assigned to
- Fernando M. Olguin (district court); Circuit Judges Lee, Bumatay, and Sung (Ninth Circuit panel)
- Date filed
- May 12, 2022
- Nature of suit
- Other Civil Rights (440)
- Cause
- 42 U.S.C. § 1983 — equal protection and free exercise claims over the Liberated Ethnic Studies curriculum
- Status
- Open — Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal with prejudice and vacated the anti-SLAPP and fee awards on September 4, 2026; case returns to the district court for an amended complaint
Parties
Plaintiffs
- Concerned Jewish Parents and Teachers of Los Angeles
- Daniel Eli, Esq.
- Danna Rosenthal
- Amy Leserman
- Lindsey Kohn
Defendants
- Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium
- United Teachers Los Angeles
- Cecili Myart-Cruz
- Theresa Montano
- Guadalupe Carrasco Cardona
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Does 1-10
Counsel for plaintiffs
- The Deborah Project
Docket
Filings are posted here as they become available. Docket current through September 5, 2026.
| # | Date | Proceeding |
|---|---|---|
| — | May 12, 2022 | COMPLAINT filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by Jewish parents and teachers against the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium, United Teachers Los Angeles, individual organizers, and LAUSD, alleging that an anti-Zionist and antisemitic curriculum was being pushed into district classrooms. |
| — | 2024 | District court dismissed the operative complaint with prejudice, granted the defendants' special motions to strike under California's anti-SLAPP statute, and awarded the defendants attorney's fees and costs. |
| — | May 20, 2026 | Argued and submitted before Circuit Judges Lee, Bumatay, and Sung in Pasadena, California. |
| — | September 4, 2026 | MEMORANDUM DISPOSITION. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal for lack of Article III standing, but reversed the denial of leave to amend and directed the district court to allow an amended complaint. It also vacated the orders granting the defendants' anti-SLAPP motions and their award of attorney's fees and costs. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part. |
Docket text is summarized from the public court record. Allegations in filings are not findings, and no court has determined whether any of them are true.
