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Attorneys for a female high school wrestler in the state of Washington are seeking a preliminary injunction asking a judge to block state policies that allow male athletes to compete against her without her knowledge or consent.
Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom argued in court documents filed July 10 that Washington state policies run afoul of recent Supreme Court precedent, namely the Mirabelli ruling against hiding gender transitioning from parents, as well as a ruling solidifying state laws that prohibit males from competing against females.
Stephanie Brown’s daughter, Kallie Keeler, was matched against a male in a girls wrestling match without her knowledge, and was allegedly sexually assaulted during the match. Washington’s policies put Kallie at risk of unknowingly wrestling a male again, the impetus for the preliminary injunction request.
Washington officials should respect Brown’s right to direct her daughter’s upbringing by not matching her against a male, or give her notice and the right to opt out without penalty, ADF attorneys argue.
“Just as California shut parents out of a mental-health decision in Mirabelli by concealing gender-dysphoria information and facilitating social transitions, Defendants shut Ms. Brown out of a physical-health decision by concealing whether [Kallie} will wrestle a male and facilitating those matches without parental consent,” the lawsuit contends.
The motion also frequently cites the consolidated cases of West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, in which the court in late June upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho that restrict women’s sports teams to biological females.
In sports, “there is justification for treating the sexes differently—’namely, the inherent physical differences between biological women and biological men,'” the lawsuit states, citing the B.P.J decision.
The motion is the latest volley in a lawsuit filed in June by Brown and her daughter against the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association for allowing Kallie, 15, to wrestle a male without her knowledge or consent in December 2025 and then doing nothing after she reported an in-match sexual assault.
“The girl, who has been wrestling since the age of four, had never been sexually assaulted during a match. After the match was finished, another team’s coach informed her that her opponent was male. Brown quickly reported the assault in writing, with video evidence, to coaches and school staff. But again, the district did nothing, failing to notify law enforcement of the assault until nearly two months later and only after the story broke publicly in the media,” according to an ADF news release.
“The district then told Brown and her daughter that the policy would remain the same. If she returns to wrestling, she can be matched against a male athlete again without notice and over her objection. So she and her mother are asking the court to protect their rights and the rights of all girls in Washington not to be unknowingly forced to compete against a male athlete,” it states.
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