Z.A. et al v. Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

  1. July 10, 2026

    DOJ Appeals Order Shielding Trans Youth Medical Records

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Ninth Circuit to review a California federal court's order blocking the government from trying to identify individuals who received gender-affirming care from a Stanford Medicine hospital as minors.

  2. July 02, 2026

    DOJ Has 'Negligible Interest' In Trans Patient Info, Judge Says

    A California federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from trying to identify individuals who received gender-affirming care from a Stanford Medicine hospital as minors, finding grand jury subpoena demands seeking that information likely violated the Fifth Amendment.

  3. June 09, 2026

    Trans Care In Court: 7th Circ. Appeal, Atty Discipline And More

    Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at an emergency request related to the American Academy of Pediatrics, a Rhode Island judge's referral of Justice Department attorneys to a disciplinary committee, and other top news of the past week.

  4. June 09, 2026

    Calif. Judge Blocks DOJ's Bid For Trans Patients' Medical Info

    A California federal judge ordered Stanford Medicine hospital not to disclose medical information belonging to trans adolescents who received gender-related care in response to a Texas grand jury subpoena, and blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from taking further steps to obtain their patient records.

  5. June 05, 2026

    Trans Patients Urge Blocking DOJ 'Campaign Of Harassment'

    Transgender adolescents urged a California federal judge Friday to block a Stanford Medicine hospital from sharing gender-related care medical records in response to a Texas grand jury criminal subpoena, arguing that other courts have rebuffed similar government subpoena attempts and the judge should end the DOJ's "campaign of harassment."

  6. May 28, 2026

    Trans Patients Say Stanford Can't Give DOJ Medical Records

    A group of transgender adolescents who received gender-related care at a Stanford Medicine hospital urged a California federal court to order the hospital not to turn over any of their medical records in response to a criminal subpoena issued by a grand jury in Texas.