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PRISON CONDITIONS
De'Lonta v. Angelone

7:99-cv-00642 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 1999

Closed Date: 2004

On September 9, 1999, an inmate at the Marion Correctional Treatment Center in Marion, Virginia, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Virginia Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The plaintiff, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that her constitutional rights had been violated by inadequate medical treatment for her Gender Dysphoria (GD). On Janu…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Sundstrom and Fields v. Frank

2:06-cv-00112 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2006

Closed Date: May 23, 2012

On January 24, 2006, two transgender state prisoners in various Wisconsin prisons filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division. Represented by the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., the ACLU Foundation, Inc., the ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., and private counsel, Plaintiffs brought this lawsuit against various officials from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDC) and staff from the various state prisons. Plaintif…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Doe v. County of Orange

06CC05833 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 5, 2006

On May 5, 2006, an inmate suffering from Gender Dysphoria (GD) filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Orange County, California, challenging the failure of the Orange County Sheriff's Department and the Orange County Health Care Agency to provide him with medically necessary hormone therapy and treatment while he was incarnated. Plaintiff, represented by the Transgender Law Center, alleged that, in addition to being deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, Defendants subjected …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gammett v. Idaho State Board of Corrections

1:05-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On June 30, 2005, a transgender inmate filed suit against the Idaho State Board of Corrections in the District Court for Idaho for failing to diagnose and provide treatment for her Gender Dysphoria (formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder and discussed as such in this case). Plaintiff, who was represented by National Center for Lesbian Rights and private attorneys, alleged that defendants were deliberately indifferent to her serious mental health condition in violation of the Eighth and Four…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Konitzer v. Bartow

2:03-cv-00717 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: July 30, 2003

Closed Date: 2010

On July 30, 2003, Plaintiff, a male inmate suffering from Gender Dysphoria ("GD") confined by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections ("DOC"), filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division. Although the complaint was originally filed pro se, Plaintiff was later represented by counsel appointed by the court. When the Third Amended Complaint was filed on July 13, 2007, Plaintiff was housed at the Wisconsin R…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gotti v. Raemisch

2:07-cv-00928 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2007

Closed Date: 2010

On October 17, 2007, Plaintiffs, three transgender women at a Wisconsin Department of Corrections ("DOC") facility who had been diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder ("GID"), filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division. This case is related to Sundstrom v. Frank.   Represented by attorneys from the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and the ACLU Foundation, Inc., the Plaintiffs named employ…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Battista v. Clarke

1:05-cv-11456 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 8, 2005

Closed Date: 2014

On July 8, 2005, a civilly committed individual with a diagnosed Gender Dysphoria (GD) in the Massachusetts Treatment Center (MTC) filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Massachusetts Department of Corrections and the University of Massachusetts Correctional Health Program. The plaintiff asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming violations of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Claus,…
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Kosilek v. Spencer

1:00-cv-12455 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2000

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2022

On December 12, 2000, a transgender person who was incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correction Institute in Norfolk filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Filing pro se, the plaintiff sued the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (the "DOC"), the Correctional Medical Services, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The incarcerated person sought injunctive relief and damages to be determined by the jury, alleging …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Kosilek v. Nelson

1:92-cv-12820 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 1992

Closed Date: 2002

On November 11, 1992, a transgender inmate at the Bristol County Jail, serving a life sentence, filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Sheriff of the Bristol County and others under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The plaintiff asked the court for both an injunction ordering that she be provided with a sex reassignment surgery and damages, alleging that she was provided inadequate medical care for her serious medical need in violation of her constitution…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Adams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:09-cv-10272 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2009

Closed Date: 2011

On February 24, 2009, a prisoner serving her sentence in a facility operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The plaintiff, represented by public interest and private attorneys, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the prison's refusal to provide medical care for plaintiff's Gender Dysphoria (GD) constituted a violation of the Eighth Amendment.The plaintiff was…