Two trans inmates ordered back to women's prisons in Reagan-appointed judge's injunction

"This is the latest example of an activist judge attempting to seize power at the expense of the American people who overwhelmingly voted to elect President Trump," a Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement Friday. "The Department of Justice has vigorously defended President Trump's executive actions, including the Defending Women Executive Order, and will continue to do so."

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington issued the injunction last week after the two inmates, identified in court documents as Rachel and Ellen Doe, were added as plaintiffs to a lawsuit against Trump's executive order with nearly a dozen other inmates.

"The fact that they have already been transferred and, allegedly, have been abused at their new facilities can only strengthen their claims of irreparable harm," Lamberth, a Reagan-appointed U.S. district court judge, wrote in the injunction.

The court documents also allege that since being transferred to a male prison, "they have been unable to access bras and women's underwear" while being subjected to "sexual harassment" at the new facilities.

The Bureau of Prisons did not respond when reached for comment Friday.

At least 15 trans prisoners are now protected by orders blocking or reversing the transfers, the Associated Press reported.

Lamberth has not yet ruled on a lawsuit filed this month by three other inmates-a transgender woman in a men's prison and two transgender men in women's prisons-who are challenging the executive order's ban on transgender medical treatments in prisons.