Trans Records Subpoenas Blocked

A federal judge in Manhattan temporarily blocked the Justice Department from using subpoenas to obtain private medical records of transgender patients who received gender-affirming care as minors at New York hospitals, including NYU Langone and Mount Sinai. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla halted the subpoenas sought by federal prosecutors in Texas, describing the effort as part of an improper government push targeting transgender people. The ruling marks a setback for the Trump administration’s broader criminal investigation into providers of gender-affirming care for minors and its efforts to pressure medical institutions to stop such treatment. Civil rights groups including the ACLU and Lambda Legal supported the challenge, arguing that the subpoenas threatened sensitive patient privacy and lawful medical care.