stockman v. trump (5:17-cv-01799-jgb-kkx) is a lawsuit filed on september 5, 2017, in the united states district court for the central district of california. the suit, like the similar prior suits "jane doe v. trump", "stone v. trump", and "karnoski v. trump", seeks to block 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 suit was filed on the behalf of four named and three anonymous transgender plaintiffs by equality california (eqca). two other major lgbt-rights organizations which had filed "jane doe v. trump", glbtq legal advocates & defenders (glad) and the national center for lesbian rights, joined the suit as co-counsels in october 2017.