- Docket No.
- 2:24-cv-00228
- District Court
- Texas Northern
Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action
- Declaration that agency action is unlawful
Issues
Litigation Content
Why this Matters:
The plaintiff challenges a federal rule that offers enhanced privacy protections for protected health information associated with reproductive health care. The plaintiff argues that the rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act.
Potential Impact:
Women, their health care providers, and their loved ones could lose the benefit of heightened privacy protections in every state. While health care providers must still comply with long-standing HIPAA protections, the loss of privacy protections could further undermine access to a wide range of reproductive health care. This is especially true for women living in states with abortion bans who face fear, uncertainty, and barriers to obtaining reproductive care in states where it is lawful.
News And Analysis (2)
34 Major Filings
- PROPOSED INTERVENORS' NOTICE OF APPEAL (Aug 15, 2025)
- AMENDED JUDGMENT (Jul 3, 2025)
- JUDGMENT (Jun 18, 2025)
- OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT AND MOTION TO DISMISS (Jun 18, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENORS' NOTICE OF APPEAL (Jun 13, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE TO SCHEDULING ORDER (May 12, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (May 5, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO ET AL.] (May 2, 2025)
- OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION TO INTERVENE (Apr 15, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF CERTIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD (Apr 15, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' REPLY RE: MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT (Mar 17, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' REPLY RE: MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT (Mar 17, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENORS' REPLY RE: MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT (Mar 17, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS ET AL.] (Mar 10, 2025)
- AMICUS BRIEF [IF/WHEN/HOW: LAWYERING FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE ET AL.] (Mar 10, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Mar 3, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENORS' MEMORANDUM RE: MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Mar 3, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' APPENDIX RE: MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Mar 3, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Mar 3, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' REPLY RE: MOTION TO INTERVENE (Feb 21, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE TO MOTION TO INTERVENE (Feb 7, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO MOTION TO INTERVENE (Feb 7, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENORS' MEMORANDUM RE: MOTION TO INTERVENE (Jan 17, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENORS' MOTION TO INTERVENE (Jan 17, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Jan 17, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Jan 17, 2025)
- ORDER ON MOTION TO AMEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE (Jan 7, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO AMEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE (Jan 3, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Dec 23, 2024)
- OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Dec 22, 2024)
- PLAINTIFFS' REPLY RE: MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Dec 10, 2024)
- DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Dec 3, 2024)
- PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Nov 12, 2024)
- COMPLAINT (Oct 21, 2024)