Doe v. Trump (2017)
| Jane Doe, et al v. Trump, et al | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
| Decided | Dismissed with prejudice on August 20, 2021 |
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| Citation | 1:17-cv-01597-CKK |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Colleen Kollar-Kotelly |
Jane Doe v. Trump (1:17-cv-01597-CKK) was a lawsuit filed on August 9, 2017 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The suit sought to block Donald Trump and top Pentagon officials from implementing the proposed ban on military service for transgender people under the auspices of the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fifth Amendment. On January 4, 2019, the court ruled that the Trump administration's policy should not be blocked. Nonetheless, the Trump administration's policy continued to be blocked due to three preliminary injunctions against it that were not part of this lawsuit and which remained in effect as of the lawsuit's conclusion on January 4, 2019.
The suit was filed on the behalf of five anonymous transgender service members by two major LGBT-rights organizations, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, who filed a petition in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
The lawsuit was amended to add one more anonymous plaintiff and two named plaintiffs in late August 2017.
On January 25, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order lifting the ban on transgender military service. On August 20, 2021, the court dismissed the case with prejudice.