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· 2/29/2000

Douglas W. Schwenk v. James Hartford Steve Sinclair Robert Mitchell,opinion

Citations

  • 204 F.3d 1187
  • 2000 Daily Journal DAR 2203
  • 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1544
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 2904
  • 2000 WL 224349

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  • holding that a transgender individual could state a claim under the Gender Motivated Violence Act under the reasoning of Price Waterhouse
  • holding that a transgender individual could state a claim under the Gender Motivated Violence Act under the reasoning of Price Waterhouse
  • holding that a transgender individual could state a claim under the Gender Motivated Violence Act under the reasoning of Price Waterhouse
  • holding that a transgender plaintiff could state a claim under the Gender Motivated Violence Act based on Price Waterhouse
  • stating that “[a] sexual assault on an inmate by a guard . . . is deeply offensive to human dignity”
  • establishing that prisoners have an Eighth Amendment right “to be free from sexual abuse[.]”

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Judges: Fletcher, Reinhardt, Thomas

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