Ninth Circuit upholds DOJ subpoena to gender-affirming-care provider (QueerDoc v. DOJ)
OtherDOJ
- Date
- Actor
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; DOJ
- Agency
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Type
- Other (litigation status of enforcement action)
Summary
The Ninth Circuit rules for the government in QueerDoc, PLLC v. DOJ, unwinding the Western District of Washington's October 2025 order quashing DOJ's subpoena to QueerDoc, a telehealth gender-affirming-care practice serving patients in ten states. Press accounts describe it as the first federal appeals-court ruling upholding a Trump-administration DOJ subpoena targeting providers of gender-affirming care to minors, strengthening DOJ's hand in the parallel subpoena fights in the First Circuit and S.D.N.Y. (see also sections 3, 10)
Status
Decided August 14, 2026; subpoena enforceable subject to any further review.
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