The US Department of Justice is no longer fighting North Carolina’s law banning gender transition surgeries for minors. A letter submitted Thursday in federal court indicated the Trump DOJ's reversal of the Biden administration’s decision to take part in a federal lawsuit challenging the ban.
A settlement could be on the way for a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s use of in-patient psychiatric treatment for children in foster care. Lawyers on both sides of the dispute filed paperwork Monday seeking to delay court proceedings through July 15.
A federal judge has denied North Carolina state officials’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s use of in-patient psychiatric treatment for children in foster care. Plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit in December 2022. Critics want the state to shift its focus away from the treatment centers to provide more support services in the children’s home communities.
State legislative leaders and the Department of Health and Human Services take different stances on a request to block a new state law banning gender transition surgeries for minors. Top lawmakers filed paperwork in US District Court Friday opposing a preliminary injunction in the case Voe v. Mansfield. The suit targets House Bill 808. Meanwhile, state lawyers representing DHHS argued in a separate court filing that the new state law runs afoul of federal law.
The federal government believes North Carolina’s new law banning gender transition surgeries for minors violates the US Constitution. Federal officials offered that opinion in a court document filed Friday.
The head of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services urges a federal court not to speed up a lawsuit dealing with foster children’s mental health issues. State lawyers filed a motion Friday objecting to a pretrial conference and scheduling order in the case.
The U.S. attorney in Greensboro has signaled interest in a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s treatment of foster children’s mental health. U.S. Attorney Sandra Hairston’s office filed a statement of interest in the case Friday. The statement arrived one month after N.C. Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley asked a federal judge to dismiss the suit.
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