On the government\u2019s motion to alter or amend judgment, these health care fraud subpoenas to Seattle Children\u2019s Hospital seek too much private patient information and are also found to be pretextual. In re Subpoena Duces Tecum No. 25-1431-016, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89932 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 23, 2026):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nThe DOJ should not conflate illegal practices with what the Administration has determined to be unfavorable practices. The Court did not “reject,” “discredit,” or “ignore” the DOJ’s evidence or argument; but rather it, and others, made a pretext finding based on the record presented. See In re Children’s Nat’l Hosp., 2026 WL 160792, at *8 (“Considering the patent disassociation of the scope of the Subpoena from purported investigation of Hospital FDCA violations\u2014against the backdrop of Executive Order 14187, the April 2025 DOJ memorandum, and the June 2025 DOJ memorandum\u2014the court finds the Subpoena is a pretext to fulfill the Executive’s well-publicized policy objective to terminate and block gender affirming healthcare.”); QueerDoc., 807 F. Supp. 3d at 1303-04 (“This is not speculation about hidden motives\u2014it is the Administration’s explicit agenda”); In re 2025 UPMC Subpoena, 2025 WL 3724705, at *2 (“this Court joins the others in finding that the government’s demand for deeply private and personal patient information carries more than a whiff of ill-intent.”).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On the government\u2019s motion to alter or amend judgment, these health care fraud subpoenas to Seattle Children\u2019s Hospital seek too much private patient information and are also found to be pretextual. In re Subpoena Duces Tecum No. 25-1431-016, 2026 U.S. … Continue reading