Legal Action
Doe v. Bondi
Filed in: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Summary
The plaintiffs in this case are transgender women who are incarcerated in a women’s prisons. As a result of Executive Order 14168, which removed established legal recognition and protection for transgender people by requiring that they be identified only by their birth sex, these women are at risk of being transferred to men’s prison facilities and denied access to gender-affirming medical treatment. The plaintiffs sued the Trump-Vance administration to block their transfer to a men’s prison facilities and maintain gender affirming-care. They argue the executive order violates their Fifth Amendment right to due process and equal protection under the law, as well as their Eighth Amendment right to protection and medical care while incarcerated. The plaintiffs request that the court declare the order unlawful and unenforceable.
On June 12, 2025, this case was consolidated with Jones v. Trump, 1:25-cv-00401, and Moe v. Trump, 1:25-cv-10195.
Plaintiffs
- Jane Doe
- Mary Doe
- Sara Doe
- Emily Doe
- Zoe Doe
- Tori Doe
- Olivia Doe
- Susan Doe
- Lois Doe
- Sophia Doe
- Sally Doe
- Wendy Doe
Plaintiffs' Counsel
- Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
- GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders
Defendants
- U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi
- Acting Director William Lothrop