DOE v. SNYDER

No. 21-15668.

28 F.4th 103 (2022)

John DOE, by his guardian and next friend, Susan Doe, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jami SNYDER, Director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, in her official capacity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asaf Orr (argued), Shannon Minter , and Christopher Stoll , National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, California; Brent P. Ray , King & Spalding LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Daniel C. Barr , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Abigail K. Coursolle , National Health Law Program, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David T. Barton (argued) and Kathryn Hackett King , BurnsBarton PLC, Phoenix, Arizona; Logan T. Johnston , Johnston Law Offices, P.L.C., Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendant-Appellee.

Boyd Johnson , Jeannette Boot , Claire M. Guehenno , Cindy Pan and Wilmer Cutler Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Pediatric Endocrine Society, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and United States Professional Association for Transgender Health.

John C. Dwyer , Maureen P. Alger , Alexander J. Kasner , and Joshua S. Walden , Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, California; Peter C. Renn and Nora Huppert , Los Angeles, California; for Amici Curiae Transgender Youth Support Organizations.

Mary E. McAlister , Vernadette R. Broyles , and Joel H. Thornton , Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc., Johns Creek , Georgia, for Amici Curiae Keira Bell, Laura Becker, Sinead Watson, Kathy Grace Duncan, Laura Reynolds, Carol Freitas, and Detransvoices.org.

Cindy C. Albracht-Crogan , Cohen Dowd Quigley P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for Amicus Curiae Society for Evidence Based Medicine.

Michael G. Moore, Esq. , Law Office of Michael Garth Moore, Tucson, Arizona, for Amici Curiae Psychotherapeutic Experts in the Field of Treatment of Trans-Identified Children.

Before: Richard R. Clifton, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Plaintiffs John Doe and D.H., two teenage transgender individuals who were born female, filed this putative class action on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, alleging that a provision of Arizona law that precludes coverage for gender reassignment surgeries violates federal law and is unconstitutional...

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