TX Judge O'Connor is going to war with RI Judge McElroy over DOJ subpoenas for trans kids' medical records. She quashed the subpoenas. He orders the RI hospital to comply, and orders them not to seek relief in any venue but NDTX, Fifth Circuit, or SCOTUS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Liz Dye (@lizdye.bsky.social) May 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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From the actual PDF, looks like the order is requiring RI to provide the documents to O'Connor to be held in camera for the pendency of the proceedings, not to turn it over to DOJ. That doesn't make it any less of a mess or any less improper, but I think that's still an important clarification.
— Josh Block (@joshablock.bsky.social) May 18, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Background here www.lawandchaospod.com/p/doj-forum-...
— Liz Dye (@lizdye.bsky.social) May 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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And here abovethelaw.com/2026/05/doj-...
— Liz Dye (@lizdye.bsky.social) May 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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The US Dept of Justice and the 1st Circuit court told them to do it, and they did.
See the thread on Bluesky if you want to read more of the court documents.
NEWS: Rhode Island Hospital notifies O'Connor it is will provide some documents to him "in camera" (meaning just to him, not DOJ) today, with follow-up productions going forward—but any patient info will be anonymized with identifying info removed and it will keep fighting the subpoena and his order
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) May 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Whatever was in the records, deidentified or otherwise, they were turned over.
And that's that. Judge Reed O' Connor now has in his possession the medical records of countless trans youth in Rhode Island that includes everything from private therapy notes detailing every aspect of their lives to their prescriptions and diagnoses.
— Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) May 19, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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The DOJ and the Texas judge were "openly colluding to abuse the system to hunt down trans kids," Alejandra Caraballo wrote. The 1st Circuit assumed that "preserving the veneer of collegiality is more important than acknowledging what is really happening here."
The reasoning in this decision is hopelessly naive. Reed O'Connor is now essentially the most powerful man in the country because the federal executive branch can now just go to him for a rubber stamped decision that carries the weight of the judicial branch.
— Katelyn Burns (@katelynburns.com) May 20, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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Read: This Federal Judge is More Powerful than the President: Reed O'Connor is the right's go-to judge when they want to bend the law to their culture war will, Katelyn Burns, Patreon, May 21, 2026
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