Overview

• A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting the Trump administration's plan to transfer 12 transgender female inmates to male prisons.
• The ruling found a strong likelihood that the plaintiffs' claim of cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment would succeed.
• The lawsuit argued that the transfers would expose transgender inmates to heightened risks of violence, sexual assault, and harassment in male facilities.
• Concerns were raised that inmates might lose access to gender-affirming medical care, such as hormone treatments, if transferred.
• The decision challenges Trump’s executive order defining biological sex as the basis for federal policies, which has faced multiple legal disputes since its implementation.