US judge blocks DOJ from obtaining transgender care records from New York hospitals

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

June 24, 2026 11:36 AM EDT Updated 37 mins ago


June 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from ‌using subpoenas to obtain medical records of transgender patients who as minors received gender-affirming care from New York City healthcare providers.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla in Manhattan issued a temporary restraining order at the behest of several families and patients who sued after NYU Langone Health disclosed it received a ​grand jury subpoena as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on treatments for transgender youth. That subpoena was issued by ​a grand jury in the Northern District of Texas, a venue long popular among conservative litigants ⁠and that had recently emerged as a hub for the Justice Department's criminal investigation.

The Justice Department shifted toward using grand jury ​subpoenas from Texas after numerous judges nationally quashed some of the 20-plus administrative subpoenas it had previously issued to doctors and clinics ​providing such care in July 2025. It had issued them after President Donald Trump, shortly after taking office in January 2025, signed an executive order ending all federal funding or support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth, and directing the Justice Department to prioritize investigations into such treatments.

Failla, who was appointed by ​Democratic President Barack Obama, said that executive order was among several Trump issued "that sought to identify, to demonize, and ultimately to ​eradicate an entire population of transgender people."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-block-doj-obtaining-transgender-care-records-new-york-hospitals-2026-06-24/

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Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zjvqgjngwvx/06242026subpoena.pdf

[Walleye]

1. Hey Republicans, mind your own fucking business, it needs minding

They are so fucking hung up on transgender. They will close up the whole country over a few kids who are confused and getting help. and to hear them, tell it, they are “protecting the children“ from whom their parent? or from pedophiles like Trump. A person’s genitals are none of your business.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Chrs Geidner

Chris Geidner
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BREAKING: Federal judge grants patients' request to block DOJ from seeking or obtaining patient information via grand jury subpoena as to any transgender people who received gender-affirming medical care in New York City (including NYU Langone).

More to come:

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11:20 AM · Jun 24, 2026

BREAKING: Federal judge grants patients' request to block DOJ from seeking or obtaining patient information via grand jury subpoena as to any transgender people who received gender-affirming medical care in New York City (including NYU Langone).

More to come:

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-06-24T15:20:32.184Z

[MLWR]

3. They apparently think trump is the only person who is protected by HIPAA regulations.

[Bayard]

4. How in the world,

Does a jury in Texas get to indict people in a NY case? We have not only judge shopping now, but also jury shopping?

[ShazzieB]

5. The party of small government?

The GOP claims that it supports small government, but that obviously does not apply in all cases. There are certain kinds of people whose lives and bodies the Republican party wants to police very closely. These currently include people with uteruses and all trans people.

People not in those categories may assume they are safe from such surveillance, but if this trend is allowed to continue, I predict more and more people will find the government all up in their business. It will go something like this...

The Republican Party wanted to control the bodies of people with uteruses. I didn't have a uterus, so that was fine with me.

The Republican Party wanted to control the bodies of transgender people. I wasn't trans, so that was fine with me.

Republican Party wanted to control the bodies of [fill in the blank] people. I wasn't [fill in the blank], so that was fine with me.

Etc. (You all know how it ends.)

[dave99]

6. First we get shitstain's Medical and Tax records FIRST, then you may be get a peekat transgender care records.

That will stop all advancement