Legal Action

Maria Moe is a transgender woman who was incarcerated in a women’s prison. 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, Moe was at risk of being transferred to a men’s prison facility and denied access to gender-affirming medical treatment. Moe has sued the Trump-Vance administration in order to block her transfer to a men’s prison facility and maintain gender affirming-care. The case argues that the executive order denies her right to due process and equal protection under the law, as well as her right to medical care as prisoner.

On June 12, 2025, this case was consolidated under Doe v. McHenry, 1:25-cv-00286, and Jones v. Trump, 1:25-cv-00401.