Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, granted a preliminary injunction on October 20 in the book censorship case E.K. and S.K. et al. v. Department of Defense Education Activity et al.
In the original complaint, filed on April 25, 12 students of military families attending five DoDEA schools brought First Amendment claims against the Department of Defense Education Activity, DoDEA director Beth Schiavano-Narvaez, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.