Title: US judge blocks DOJ from obtaining transgender care records from California hospitalLink To: Article 🔗 [Link: reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-doj-obtaining-transgender-care-records-california-hospital-2026-07-02/]Author: Nate Raymond
Date: July 2, 2026 8:14 PM UTC Updated July 2, 2026
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Brief summary of the articleA federal judge in California blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from using a grand jury subpoena to obtain medical records of transgender patients who received gender-affirming care as minors at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by several families and patients who argued the subpoena threatened their privacy rights. The judge declined to extend the injunction to records from other California hospitals.
Main Points of the Article"A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from using a grand jury subpoena to obtain medical records of transgender patients who as minors received gender-affirming care from a children's hospital affiliated with Stanford's medical school."
"U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts in San Jose issued a preliminary injunction at the behest of several families and patients who sued after Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford received a grand jury subpoena as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on treatments for transgender youth."
"Pitts, who was appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden, said the subpoena was issued as part of the Justice Department's "mission to 'end' gender-affirming care for minors experiencing symptoms of gender dysphoria.""
"DOJ lacks any discernibly legitimate interest in reviewing private and identifying medical information about the provisional class,"
"Allowing the records to be turned over pursuant to a grand jury subpoena, Pitts said, would mean "the information will be accessible to the drivers of what courts around the country have found to be a bad-faith campaign to intimidate hospitals into halting the lawful provision of gender-affirming care.""
"Families in California can now breathe a sigh of relief that this blatant attempt to harass and intimidate them and to dictate how they raise their own children has been stopped,"
"The Justice Department declined to comment. The hospital did not immediately respond to a request for comment."
"The ruling marked the third time a judge intervened to block the Justice Department from obtaining records pursuant to grand jury subpoenas."
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