Second Circuit blocks DOJ grab for trans patient medical records

NYC families get reprieve in fight over trans youths' medical records

NYU Langone Health in Manhattan. Advocates say an appeals court ruling offers relief as the legal fight with the Trump administration continues. [ more › ]

Trans kids’ medical records remain private after Trump DOJ loses again

A federal appeals court has refused to let President Donald Trump’s administration obtain sensitive medical records belonging to transgender young people who received care in New York.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the Justice Department’s request to pause a lower court order while the government appeals. The one-sentence decision leaves in place a preliminary injunction issued July 6 by U.S. District Judge Katherine Pol…

Trump-appointed judges reject White House’s latest effort to obtain medical records of trans youth

A federal appeals court panel consisting of a majority of Trump appointees dealt a setback to the White House’s efforts to obtain medical records of trans youth in New York City on Aug. 26. The three-judge panel of the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan denied the Department of Justice's request to stay a lower court order that shielded the records of trans youth from the Trump administration. Two of the three judges — Richard Sulli…

Second Circuit blocks DOJ grab for trans patient medical records

Judges denied the Justice Department's bid to stay a lower court ruling blocking the administration's efforts to seize the records.