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With his lawsuit finished, a Utah boy with Down syndrome can return to the Boy Scouts — but, right now, he doesn’t want to

Although Logan Blythe’s family recently dropped its lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, don’t expect the 15-year-old to put his uniform back on anytime soon.

“If he changes his mind, or is so inclined to try it after all this, which will probably be in July or August after the Special Olympics is done for the year, we’ll pick it up then. But as it stands right now, it’s pretty much a moot issue,” Chad Blythe said.

The Blythes, of Payson, sued the Boy Scouts in March, asking for at least $1 and for Logan to be accommodated and and reinstated in the Scouts, after the boy’s Eagle Scout project was suspended because Logan hadn’t completed the merit badge requirements to qualify for the award “as written,” the family has said.