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Doe v. McHenry (1:25-cv-00286)

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Background

TODO.

Preliminary injunction granted
2025-02-18

Read the order.

Chris Geidner
NEWS: Judge Royce Lamberth converted his TRO against enforcement of the anti-trans prison provisions of the 1/20 "sex" definition EO into a preliminary injunction bc, although the govt suggested at the TRO hearing that it would present "ameliorative steps" to protect the trans women, it ... did not.
the defendants pointed to speculative action that the Bureau of Prisons might take to mitigate those harms and thus assuage the Court's Eighth Amendment concerns. Those hypothetical measures were insufficient to defeat the plaintiffs' largely uncontroverted evidence of harm. The Temporary Restraining Order noted that the revelation of additional facts then unknown to the Court could affect the plaintiffs' likelihood of success on the merits. However, 1 Case 1:25-cv-00286-RCL Document 44 Filed 02/18/25 Page 2 of 2 since the issuance of the Temporary Restraining Order, the Court has received no further information about what ameliorative steps, if any, the government intends to or would take if the plaintiffs were to be transferred and deprived of their prescribed medications per the terms of the Executive Order.