A lawsuit was filed against the Mountain West Conference, the California State University system, San Jose State University's head women's volleyball coach, and two administrators surrounding the ongoing controversy that one of the Spartans' players was reported to be transgender.

A lawsuit filed against the Mountain West Conference on Wednesday asks for a San Jose State University volleyball player to be declared ineligible for the MWC tournament, SJSU's wins to be vacated and the entire team to be deemed tournament ineligible.

Current and former San Jose State women’s volleyball players are part of a 12-person lawsuit filed against the Mountain West and its commissioner alleging Title IX and First Amendment

A group of volleyball players and coaches files a lawsuit against the Mountain West, demanding that a San Jose State University player be declared ineligible for the conference tournament.

Suspended San Jose State University associate head volleyball coach Melissa Batie-Smoose claims the school is trying to silence her after she filed a Title IX complaint alleging favoritism for transgender player Blaire Fleming.

The volleyball players in the suit claim the matches forfeited due to the presence of Fleming should not count as losses because the women were simply exercising their First Amendment rights and the newly-enacted TPP should not have passed in the first place.

Claims from a San Jose State women's volleyball player that her teammate is transgender have made this a controversial season for the Spartans. Now, the university and Mountain West Conference are part of a lawsuit alleging violations of protected rights.

A dozen plaintiffs — including two Boise State University volleyball players — are taking a transgender athletics dispute to a federal court.