YES!! JUDGE *EXTENDS* INJUNCTION REQUIRING FEDERAL PRISONS TO PROVIDE GENDER AFFIRMING CARE AND I *LOVE* THE NAME OF THIS CASE!
by Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. – giving you the facts and truth about this administration and the law, in plain English
Before I get to the actual legal stuff, I just have to gush over the name of this case, are you ready?
Kingdom versus Trump
What a *great* name!
It’s like the *entire kingdom* of..whatever… is against Trump.
Now, of course, it actually takes its name from the last name of one of the plaintiffs, Alishea Kingdom, but still, Kingdom v. Trump has a really nice ring to it, dontcha think?
Anyways, last year Ms. Kingdom along with other inmates of the Federal Bureau of Prisons filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for denying them the gender-affirming care – both pharmaceutical and social – that they had been receiving up until the time that Trump issued the executive order “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” (included for Notes from the Front members). Following the issuing of that executive order, the Assistant Director of the Health Services Division of the Bureau of Prisons issued a directive directing all Federal prisons to immediately cease spending any Federal funds on “any medical procedure, treatment, or drug for the purpose of conforming an inmate’s appearance to that of the opposite sex.” (Also included for Notes from the Front members.)
The plaintiffs had all been diagnosed by *Bureau of Prison* medical staff with gender dysphoria, and prescribed gender affirming meds and care *by the Bureau of Prison* medical staff. But that didn’t matter following the issuing of the executive order and BOP directive.
So they sued. And, in the 32-page Complaint (included for Notes from the Front members) they also asked to have a class certified for a class action.
Last June Judge Royce Lamberth issued an opinion certifying the class and granting a preliminary injunction (included for Notes members) and entered an order (also included) *staying* *both* the executive order and the BOP directive, effectively allowing the prisons to continue providing the gender-affirming care that *their own medical staff* had prescribed.
Once the injunction was in place the Court extended it every 90 days (because it was preliminary, not permanent; preliminary injunctions have an expiration date of, generally, no more than 90 days).
Earlier this year the administration moved to dissolve the injunction, and the Plaintiffs responded with a supplemental complaint (for you attorneys out there it’s actually a Ps & As but in the Order the Court calls it a complaint), and last week the Court re-renewed the preliminary injunction (all of these documents are included for Notes from the Front members).
So, for now, people within the Federal prison system will continue to get their gender-affirming care, including both medication and social support.
This is a great example of how executive orders are *not* law. They are basically directives from the CEO to his staff, telling them what actions to take.
Of course the administration appealed (just today in fact). I’ll keep you posted.
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P.S. If you actually read all the way to the bottom please leave a comment that includes the word “kingdom”. It will show me that my efforts aren’t in vain and that people actually *do* read these things, and it will drive those who just skim crazy wondering just why everyone is talking about a kingdom! ;~)
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