DOE 1 v. THORNBURY

Civil Action No. 3:23-cv-230-DJH.

679 F.Supp.3d 576 (2023)

Jane DOE 1 et al., Plaintiffs, v. William C. THORNBURY, Jr., MD, in his official capacity as the President of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure et al., Defendants, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, ex rel. Attorney General Daniel Cameron, Intervening Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Louisville Division.

Signed June 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda J. Ford, Pro Hac Vice, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA, Amy E. Whelan, Pro Hac Vice, Christopher Stoll, Pro Hac Vice, Kelly Jo Popkin, Pro Hac Vice, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA, Corey M. Shapiro, Crystal Fryman, Heather L. Gatnarek, Kevin Paul Muench, ACLU of Kentucky, Louisville, KY, Randall M. Levine, Pro Hac Vice, Stephanie Schuster, Pro Hac Vice, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Nicole Ann King, Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Louisville, KY, for Defendant William C. Thornbury, Jr.

Jeffrey R. Prather, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Louisville, KY, for Defendant Audria Denker.

Wesley W. Duke, David T. Lovely, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Frankfort, KY, for Defendant Eric Friedlander.

Alexander Y. Magera, Heather L. Becker, Victor B. Maddox, Jeremy J. Sylvester, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, for Intervening Defendant.

Amy D. Cubbage, David B. Tachau, Dustin E. Meek, Katherine L. Crosby, Tachau Meek PLC, Louisville, KY, Cortlin Hall Lannin, Pro Hac Vice, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA, D. Jean Veta, Pro Hac Vice, Emily Mondry, Pro Hac Vice, William Isasi, Pro Hac Vice, Covington & Burling LLP — DC, Washington, DC, for Amici American Academy of Pediatrics, Child, Academic Pediatric Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Nursing, American Association of Physicans for Human Rights, Inc., American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Pediatric Society, Association of American Medical Colleges, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, Inc., Endocrine Society, Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Pediatric Endocrine Society, Societies for Pediatric Endocrinology, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, Society for Pediatric Research, Society of Pediatric Nurses, World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Christopher Mills, Pro Hac Vice, Speckman & Hoback, Louisville, KY, Christopher D. Wiest, Crestview Hills, KY, for Amicus Family Research Council.

A. Barrett Bowdre, Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General State of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, Clinton J. Elliott, Matthew D. Doane, Doane & Elliott PSC, La Grange, KY, Dylan L. Jacobs, Michael A. Cantrell, Nicholas J. Bronni, Tim Griffin, Office of the Arkansas Attorney General, Little Rock, AR, for Amici State of Arkansas, State of Alabama, State of Alaska, State of Florida, State of Georgia, State of Idaho, State of Indiana, State of Iowa, State of Kansas, State of Mississippi, State of Missouri, State of Montana, State of Nebraska, State of North Dakota, State of South Carolina, State of South Dakota, State of Utah, State of West Virginia.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Kentucky Senate Bill 150, which was enacted over the governor's veto on March 29, 2023. Plaintiffs—seven transgender minors and their parents—sued the state officials responsible for enforcing SB 150...

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