In re Subpoena No. 25-1431-014, No. 25-39 (2025)

Court Filing · Judge Mark A. Kearney, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania · November 21, 2025

The court struck three CHOP-related requests for child-identifying, treatment, and disclosure records as beyond congressional authorization and alternatively found privacy interests outweighed DOJ’s need. It did not adjudicate whether malpractice occurred.

We strike the three requests for these child-identifying and treatment and disclosure records as beyond the authority granted by Congress.

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The court struck three CHOP-related requests for child-identifying, treatment, and disclosure records as beyond congressional authorization and alternatively found privacy interests outweighed DOJ’s need. It did not adjudicate whether malpractice occurred. Seventy-seven-page opinion reproduced in HTML.