USCA4 Appeal: 23-1068      Doc: 52         Filed: 12/08/2023     Pg: 1 of 12




                                               PUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                                                No. 23-1068


        ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FAIRNESS,

                      Plaintiff – Appellant,

               v.

        MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; DR. MONIFA B.
        MCKNIGHT,

                      Defendants – Appellees,

               and

        CASA, INC.; MONTGOMERY COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP; ASIAN
        AMERICAN      YOUTH   LEADERSHIP   EMPOWERMENT      AND
        DEVELOPMENT; MONTGOMERY COUNTY PROGRESSIVE ASIAN
        AMERICAN NETWORK

                     Proposed Intervenors.


        On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
        Paula Xinis, District Judge. (8:20-cv-02540-PX)


        Argued: September 20, 2023                                   Decided: December 8, 2023


        Before RICHARDSON and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit
        Judge.


        Mot