ERISA Suit Over Facial Feminization Surgery Is Dismissed Under Stipulation

( January 30, 2026, 7:28 AM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — Just under two weeks after ruling that only a declaratory relief claim survived dismissal in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act case in which a transgender woman diagnosed with gender dysphoria challenged a health plan’s refusal to cover a facial feminization surgery it deemed not medically necessary, a California federal judge dismissed the case with prejudice pursuant to the parties’ joint stipulation....

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