Child patients in Texas can ask a Democratic judge in Dallas to block the release of their medical records, a setback in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) investigation into two doctors he says provided illegal sex-changing treatments.
The Dallas judge can review the subpoenas because the hospitals Paxton served are in that county, the Court of Appeals, Fifteenth District, ruled Thursday.
The all-Republican appeals court directed a Republican trial court judge in Collin County, where Paxton filed suits against two doctors, to withdraw an order requiring the Dallas hospitals to produce records for 21 of their child patients. The Dallas ...
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