Chris Geidner
‪@chrisgeidner.bsky.social‬

UPDATE: Judge Failla sets a hearing for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Docket Text
NOTICE of Hearing: This case has been assigned to this Court for all purposes. It is hereby ORDERED that counsel for all parties appear for a hearing on Plaintiffs' motion for emergency relief and provisional class certification, tomorrow, June 23, 2026, at 2:30 p.m., in Courtroom 618, 40 Foley SquareNew York, NY 10007. (Show Cause Hearing set for 6/23/2026 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 618, 40 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Katherine Polk Failla.) ***No PDF is attached to this entry. (tn) (Entered:
06/22/2026)
ALT
3:30 PM · Jun 22, 2026

Coe v. Blanche
LGBTQ Rights
Last Update: June 11, 2026

What's at Stake

Three New York families with adolescent transgender children and two transgender New Yorkers filed a class action lawsuit to protect patient identifying and sensitive health information from being turned over to the Department of Justice in response to federal grand jury subpoenas issued as part of a widespread effort to "end” necessary health care for transgender adolescents.

Summary

In May 2026, NYU Langone Hospitals received a grand jury subpoena signed by an Assistant U.S. Attorney located in Fort Worth, Texas, which demanded that they turn over the identities and medical records of any patient who had received medical treatment for gender dysphoria while they were under 18 years old from NYU Langone, from January 2020 through May 2026. Other healthcare institutions in New York City, including Mount Sinai Health System, may have received similar or identical subpoenas.

The grand jury subpoenas followed a year-long effort by the Department of Justice to obtain private medical records through administrative subpoenas—efforts that were repeatedly blocked by at least eight federal district court judges. One court dismissed the government’s reasoning as a “smokescreen,” while another concluded the DOJ “issued the subpoena first and searched for a justification second.”

In June 2026, a lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York by the American Civil Liberties Union, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Lambda Legal on behalf of three families with transgender youth and two transgender adults who were minors when they began care. It requests a temporary restraining order blocking the subpoenas from being enforced against NYU Langone, Mt. Sinai, their affiliated providers, as well as any other New York City provider of gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. All plaintiffs have filed under pseudonyms to maintain their privacy and anonymity.

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