jane doe v. trump (1:17-cv-01597-ckk) was a lawsuit filed on august 9, 2017 and decided january 4, 2019 in the united states district court for the district of columbia. the suit sought to block donald trump and top pentagon officials from implementing the proposed ban on military service for transgender people under the auspices of the equal protection and due process clauses of the fifth amendment. the court ruled that the trump administration's policy should not be blocked. nonetheless, the trump administration's policy continued to be blocked due to three preliminary injunctions against it that were not part of this lawsuit and which remained in effect as of the lawsuit's conclusion on january 4, 2019.