Legal Opinion
Doe v. Mattis
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 24, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17-1597 (CKK)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge
On July 26, 2017, President Donald J. Trump issued a statement via Twitter announcing that "the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military." A formal Presidential Memorandum followed on August 25, 2017. Before the 2017 Presidential Memorandum, the Department of Defense had announced that openly transgender individuals would be allowed to enlist in the military, effective January 1, 2018, and had prohibited the discharge of service members based solely on their…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Rostker v. GoldbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Moore v. HartmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
- Doe v. TrumpDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
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3Cited by2 opinions
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