U.S. District Judge Liles C. Burke, nominated by Trump, claims the original cases were dismissed to avoid being assigned to him.
Facing questions from Burke, Melody Eagan and Jeffrey Doss, attorneys for families challenging a ban on medical gender-affirming care for transgender youth, acknowledged that they had concerns about how Burke, nominated to the federal court by then-President Donald Trump in 2018, might rule in making their decision, but said it was the least significant factor in their decision to dismiss their first filing, known as Ladinsky.
The attorneys said Friday a significant factor in asking for the dismissal was a concern that the case was transferred to Burke outside of the procedures they were familiar with and said that was the reason for their alarm at the time.Eagan said “it was that this case had been treated differently than every case” she had worked on before. Burke said it is normal procedure for judges to transfer cases when they have conflicting commitments, and that is not uncommon procedure.
Charles said he was unprepared to be questioned and was not expecting to answer questions at the hearing since he wasn’t one of the lead lawyers on the case.
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