Overview
- A federal appeals panel vacated Judge Royce Lamberth’s injunctions in a 2-1 decision, clearing the way for the Bureau of Prisons to transfer some transgender women to men's facilities.
- The court sent the case back to the district court, and the inmates must now seek individual orders by showing they face immediate danger if moved.
- Plaintiffs’ counsel Shannon Minter said they will return to the trial court to build the fact record needed for case-by-case protection.
- The dispute traces to President Donald Trump’s 2025 order directing the attorney general to house trans women in men’s prisons.
- Advocates warn of acute safety risks, citing federal data that about 37% of incarcerated trans people report sexual assault compared with roughly 3% of the general prison population.