Maryland Gay Conversion Therapy Ban Challenge Needs New Look – Bloomberg Law

A decision dismissing, on the merits, a therapist’s challenge to a Maryland law that bans gay conversion therapy must be taken off the books because he sued the wrong defendants, the Fourth Circuit said Tuesday.

Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Attorney General Brian Frosh (D) are immune from suit in federal court over the law because they lack a sufficient connection to enforcing it, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said.

Plaintiff Christopher Doyle didn’t name a proper defendant, so the court “may not consider the interesting First Amendment issues he raises,” it said.

The court …