Federal Court Strikes Down Kennedy Declaration Barring HHS from Enforcing Transgender Care Restrictions for Minors

On April 18, 2026, Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon issued a 49-page Opinion and Order and an accompanying final Judgment resolving Counts I through IV of the Plaintiff States’ Amended Complaint in Oregon v. Kennedy, No. 6:25-cv-02409-MTK (D. Or.). See Op. & Order (ECF No. 93); J. (ECF No. 94). The Court granted the Plaintiff States’ Motion for Summary Judgment on all four counts and denied the Government’s Motion to Dismiss and cross-motion for... By: King & Spalding