Michelle Peterman v. Director of Revenue, State of Missouri

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• holding that plaintiff’s receipt of hormone therapy rendered moot her claim that prison administration had a blanket policy of denying hormone therapy to inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria
• explaining that the court usually dismisses a case as moot when a governmental defendant has voluntarily ceased its challenged behavior
• explaining “a case becomes moot ‘when changed circumstances already provide the requested relief and eliminate the need for court action.’”
• requested injunctive relief was moot when prison official expressly stated that prisoner would continue to receive hormone therapy
• first quoting Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc., 568 U.S. 85, 91 (2013); and then quoting Hillesheim v. Holiday Stationstores, Inc., 903 F.3d 786, -2- 791 (8th Cir. 2018)
• a case is moot when changed circumstances eliminate the need for court action

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