Karnoski v. Trump

rdf:langString Karnoski v. Trump

rdf:langString Karnoski, et al v. Trump, et al

rdf:langString Judge Marsha J. Pechman

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rdf:langString Order, Case 17-cv-01297-MJP

rdf:langString Not only did the DoD previously conclude that allowing transgender individuals to serve openly would not impact military effectiveness and readiness, the working group tasked to evaluate the issue also concluded that prohibiting open service would have negative impacts including loss of qualified personnel, erosion of unit cohesion, and erosion of trust in command. ... The Court concludes that the policy set forth in the Presidential Memorandum constitutes [a governmental intrusion upon a fundamental liberty interest]. The policy directly interferes with Plaintiffs' ability to define and express their gender identity, and penalizes Plaintiffs for exercising their fundamental right to do so openly by depriving them of employment and career opportunities. ... The policy penalizes transgender service members—but not others—for disclosing their gender identity, and is therefore a content-based restriction. Even giving the government the benefit of a more deferential standard of review under Brown, 444 U.S. at 355, the policy does not survive.

rdf:langString Karnoski v. Trump (2:17-cv-01297-MJP) is a lawsuit filed on August 29, 2017 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The suit, like the similar suits Jane Doe v. Trump, Stone v. Trump, and Stockman v. Trump, seeks to block 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. The suit was filed on the behalf of three transgender plaintiffs, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Gender Justice League by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN. In addition to President Trump, the amended suit names as defendants the Secretary of Defense (originally James Mattis now Mark Esper), Secretary of Homeland Security (originally Kirstjen Nielsen, then Kevin McAleenan, now Chad Wolf) the United States Department of Defense and the United States Secretary of Homeland Security.

rdf:langString Pending

rdf:langString United States Department of Homeland Security

rdf:langString In capacity as President of the United States

rdf:langString In capacity as Secretary of Defense

rdf:langString In capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security

rdf:langString in capacity as acting Secretary of Homeland Security

rdf:langString Jane Doe

rdf:langString Laura Garza

rdf:langString Cathrine Schmid

rdf:langString Conner Callahan

rdf:langString Lindsey Muller

rdf:langString Megan Winters

rdf:langString Phillip Stephens

rdf:langString Ryan Karnoski

rdf:langString Terece Lewis