· 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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