A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from transferring more than a dozen transgender inmates, all biological males currently housed in women’s prisons across the country, back to men’s correctional facilities.
This week’s development in the closely watched case comes as female inmates from another high-profile lawsuit look to join the legal fight after they prevailed in cordoning off the men confined with them.
As the two judges overseeing the cases try to respect each other’s court orders, their differing decisions could lead to a circuit court clash attracting Supreme Court scrutiny.
