KADEL v. FOLWELL

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA MAXWELL KADEL, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) 1:19CV272 DALE FOLWELL, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (CORRECTED VERSION) LORETTA C. BIGGS, District Judge. Plaintiffs are transgender individuals or the parents of transgender individuals who receive health insurance through the North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees (“NCSHP” or the “Plan”). (ECF No. 75 ¶¶ 1, 7–12.) They allege that the Plan’s categorical exclusion of coverage for treatments “leading to or in…