Trans kids' medical records remain private after Trump DOJ loses againhttps://www.advocate.com/politics/national/court-denies-doj-transgender-subpoena 🔗Jacob Ogles (27 Aug 2026)
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 Polk Failla, who had first granted a temporary restraining order in June.
The ruling rebuffs an effort launched in May by federal prosecutors in the Northern District of Texas to obtain identifying information and medical records from young people who received gender-affirming care in New York City. The hospital publicly released the subpoena, which referred to gender-affirming care as "sex-rejecting procedures." Other hospitals in New York City, including Mount Sinai, reportedly received similar subpoenas, although the nature of those demands remains unclear.
