Overview

• U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on June 3 against enforcing President Trump’s January directive.
• The decision certifies a class encompassing all current and future federal inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
• The Bureau of Prisons must continue providing medically prescribed hormone therapy and gender-affirming accommodations as before the executive order.
• Lamberth found that the Bureau likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act by acting arbitrarily and capriciously in cutting off care.
• The Trump administration has signaled an appeal, arguing that the order protects prison safety and reflects biological definitions of gender.