08/22/2026
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A transgender woman in Kansas has won a significant court victory in the form of a temporary injunction, after a judge ruled that the state likely violated her constitutional right to due process when it invalidated her driver’s license.
Jamie Miller, a nearly 60-year-old Lawrence resident who has lived as a woman for more than a decade, had her Kansas driver’s license invalidated under SB 244, the sweeping anti-trans law passed by the state earlier this year.
The law requires Kansas IDs to reflect a person’s s*x assigned at birth, meaning many trans Kansans have been forced to obtain replacement identification with a gender marker that doesn’t reflect their lived experience.
But in Miller’s case, a Douglas County judge found that the state’s chaotic implementation of the law likely denied her a meaningful opportunity to challenge the decision.
District Court Judge James McCabria granted Miller a temporary injunction on Monday (17 August), allowing her to keep a “female” gender marker on her driver’s license while her lawsuit continues, as first reported by the Lawrence Journal-World.
“No other remedy will suffice,” McCabria wrote.
The judge was particularly critical of the contradictory notices Miller received from the state about whether and when her license would become invalid. In his ruling, he described the process as: “your license will be invalid in two days, you can appeal, no, wait, your license isn’t invalid yet, you can appeal, no, wait, your license has been invalidated because you didn’t do anything to appeal but if you want to appeal, call us.”
According to McCabria, that does not constitute meaningful notice or a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
And the consequences for Miller were very much tangible. After losing her license, she had to rely on alternative transportation, including an e-bike, and faced difficulties with everyday activities that require identification. Her lawsuit says the situation interfered with her ability to access medical care, care for her disabled adult daughter, travel, vote, obtain prescription medication, conduct banking and interact with government agencies.
It also forced her into an impossible situation when asked to provide identification reflecting a gender she does not live as.
As reported by Erin In The Morning via Substack, the judge found that Miller has a “substantial likelihood of prevailing” on her legal claims, although the case is still ongoing and the injunction does not invalidate SB 244 as a whole.
SB 244 goes far beyond ID requirements. It also restricts which bathrooms trans people can use in state-owned or operated facilities and created a provision allowing private citizens to sue people they believe are using a bathroom inconsistent with their s*x assigned at birth.
For Miller, however, the immediate result is simple, but worth celebrating. She has her driver’s license back.
For now, at least, the court has said Kansas cannot take it away without giving her a fair opportunity to fight back.
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