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Wilson v. Bruning

8:13-cv-00130 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: April 22, 2013

Closed Date: Jan. 15, 2015

On April 22, 2013, an inmate of the Nebraska Department of Corrections and his intended spouse filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in the District of Nebraska under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Nebraska Department of Corrections. The plaintiffs represented themselves pro se and claimed that their constitutional rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause had been violated. They asked the court to allow the transgender plaintiff to change th…
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Love v. Johnson

2:15-cv-11834 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 21, 2015

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2016

On May 21, 2015, the six transgender individuals filed this lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Secretary of the State of Michigan under the Declaratory Judgment Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint alleged that the current Drivers License policy, put in place by the Secretary, violated the plaintiffs' rights to privacy (U.S. Const. amend. 14), free speech (U.S. Const. amed. 1), equal protection, interstate travel (U.S. Const. art. I…
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Ray v. Ohio Department of Health

2:18-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 29, 2018

On March 29, 2018, four transgender people seeking to correct their Ohio birth certificates to accurately reflect their gender identity filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (in Columbus). The plaintiffs sued the Director of the Ohio Department of Health under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the ACLU and Lambda Legal, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief as well as attorneys’ fees and costs. The case was assigned to Judge Michael H. …
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Whitaker v. Kirby

1:18-cv-00540 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2018

The parents of transgender minors who sought, are seeking, or intend to legally change their names pursuant to Ohio law brought this suit. The plaintiffs filed a complaint against an Ohio probate judge, in his official capacity, in the Southern District of Ohio on August 3, 2018. The complaint was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and alleged violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The complaint specifically alleged that the defendant treated transgender minors diffe…
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F.V. v. Barron

1:17-cv-00170 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: April 18, 2017

This is a lawsuit about Idaho transgender people's ability to change their birth certificate sex listings, and to do so without having to disclose on their birth certificates that they are transgender. On April 18, 2017, a transgender woman born in Idaho brought a lawsuit against the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW). The plaintiff brought the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho and was represented by both a private law firm and by Lambda Legal Defense and E…
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Corbitt v. Taylor

2:18-cv-00091 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2018

On February 6, 2018, three transgender individuals brought an action against the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the Alabama Department of Public Safety, the Alabama Driver License Division, and administrative officials in their official and individual capacities in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU of Alabama and the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project, sued under 42 U.S.C § 1983, alleging violations of their First and Fourteenth A…
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Holland v. Broome County

9:22-cv-00297 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 29, 2022

This case involved allegations of discrimination based on sex, transgender status, and disability while in Broome County Jail custody. On March 29, 2022, a transgender woman filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The plaintiff sued Broome County, its sheriff, its jail chief administrator, and some corrections officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 42 U.S.C. § 12132, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and New York state law. Represented by the Transgender Legal Defense & Ed…
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Koe v. Noggle

1:23-cv-02904 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 29, 2023

On June 29, 2023, four families on behalf of their transgender children, and TransParent, a national organization of parents with transgender children, sued several Georgia officials in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. They challenged a Georgia statute prohibiting medical providers from treating gender dysphoria in minors with hormone therapy, which was scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2023. The plaintiffs alleged that this statute violated the fundamental rig…
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Roe v. Herrington

4:20-cv-00484 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2020

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On November 4, 2020, a group of transgender minors and their parents sued the Arizona Department of Health Services over the process for changing birth certificate gender markers in Arizona. The plaintiffs argued Arizona made the process more difficult for trans minors, thereby violating the equal protections and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. On August 10, 2023, the judge approved class certification. This case is ongoi…
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Marquez v. Montana

DV 21-873 | Montana state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 2021

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This case centered around SB 280, a law passed in the Montana legislature that made it difficult, if not impossible for transgender people to correct the sex marker listed on their birth certificate. Two transgender Montanan citizens brought a lawsuit against the state of Montana, arguing that SB 280 violated their right to equal protection, privacy, and due process under the Montana Constitution. The trial court granted summary judgment …