Overview

• U.S. District Judge David Nye denied Lindsay Hecox’s motion to dismiss Little v. Hecox, saying Idaho is entitled to have its arguments heard.
• Nye wrote that the plaintiff’s mootness claim appeared “somewhat manipulative” to avoid Supreme Court review after years of litigation.
• Hecox filed the suit in 2020 over Idaho’s ban and won an injunction that the Ninth Circuit upheld in 2023 before the Supreme Court granted review in July.
• After certiorari, Hecox sought to withdraw, stating she would refrain from women’s sports in Idaho and citing negative public scrutiny, while Idaho’s attorney general and ADF opposed dismissal.
• The case is one of two trans‑athlete disputes at the Supreme Court alongside West Virginia’s BPJ case, and attorneys general from 27 states and Guam have backed Idaho with amicus briefs.