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A full federal appeals court has cleared Florida to resume a lawsuit accusing the American Academy of Pediatrics of misleading the public about the safety of gender-transition treatments for minors, pausing a lower court injunction that had blocked the case.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled Wednesday that it would rehear Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier\u2019s appeal with the court\u2019s active judges sitting en banc \u2014 an unusual move that bypasses the standard three-judge panel \u2014 and that it was staying a preliminary injunction entered by U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois, according to the . Judge Kennelly, a Clinton appointee, ruled June 2 and formally entered the injunction June 8, finding Mr. Uthmeier\u2019s Florida lawsuit was likely brought in bad faith to retaliate against the group\u2019s advocacy.<\/p>\n

Mr. Uthmeier sued the AAP, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the Endocrine Society in Florida\u2019s 19th Judicial Circuit Court in December, alleging the groups violated the state\u2019s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and its racketeering statute by promoting gender-transition procedures for minors as safe and reversible without adequate scientific support. He later added a Florida antitrust claim. The AAP, in turn, sued Mr. Uthmeier in Illinois federal court, arguing the state action was First Amendment retaliation.<\/p>\n

A divided three-judge panel denied Mr. Uthmeier\u2019s request to stay the injunction on June 22, concluding he had not made the required strong showing that he was likely to prevail on appeal or would suffer irreparable harm while the appeal proceeded. Judge Michael Scudder dissented, calling the decision \u201ca grievous blow to federalism.\u201d Indiana and 21 other states, joined by the Arizona Legislature, filed an backing Mr. Uthmeier\u2019s stay request.<\/p>\n

The full court\u2019s Wednesday order vacated that panel opinion and agreed to take up the case under a rarely invoked appellate rule permitting \u201cinitial hearing en banc.\u201d Five judges \u2014 Hamilton, Jackson-Akiwumi, John Lee, Doris Pryor and Nancy Maldonado \u2014 dissented from staying the injunction. Judge Lee, joined by Judges Jackson-Akiwumi, Pryor and Maldonado, separately dissented from the decision to hear the case en banc in the first place, warning the move could affect \u201cfuture proceedings and the court as a whole\u201d; Judge Hamilton did not join that separate dissent, per the order.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Uthmeier celebrated the ruling on social media, writing that the appeals court \u201csaw right through\u201d the district court\u2019s attempt to block his case and declaring, \u201cAccountability will proceed in Florida!\u201d<\/p>\n

The ruling does not resolve the underlying dispute. The 7th Circuit said it would set a new briefing schedule and oral-argument date by separate order.<\/p>\n

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