Norsworthy v. Beard

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• giving “very little weight” to the opinions of 2 defendants’ expert who, among other things, misrepresented the WPATH 3 standard of care
• bringing Eighth Amendment claim based on denial of medical care for gender dysphoria
• “[WPATH’s standards of care] recognized as authoritative standards of care by the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Psychological Association.” (citations omitted)
• order 17 granting preliminary injunctive relief to inmate for denial of medical treatment for gender 18 dysphoria in violation of the Eighth Amendment where depositions of the parties had been 19 taken and expert witnesses had been retained and written reports for both sides

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Adree Edmo v. Corizon, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2019-08-23· cited 242×
• Scott Gibson v. Bryan Collier
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-03-29· cited 76×
• Edmo v. Idaho Dep't of Corr.
  D. Idaho· 2018-12-13· cited 10×
• Weldeyohannes v. State of Washington
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-12-19

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2008-11-12· cited 11,986×
• Lopez v. Smith
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-02-10· cited 9,722×
• Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael
  Supreme Court· 1999-03-23· cited 8,651×
• Elrod v. Burns
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-28· cited 4,553×
• Toguchi v. Soon Hwang Chung
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-12-10· cited 2,838×
• Alliance for Wild Rockies v. Cottrell
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-01-25· cited 2,463×
• University of Texas v. Camenisch
  Supreme Court· 1981-04-29· cited 2,376×
• Lance Jett v. M. Penner, D. Peterson, and Cheryl K. Pliler, Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-03-09· cited 1,907×
• Hoptowit v. Ray
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-02-16· cited 1,224×
• Eric Sanchez v. Duane R. Vild
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-12-07· cited 1,180×
• United States v. Raines
  Supreme Court· 1960-02-29· cited 1,174×
• Marlyn Nutraceuticals, Inc. v. Mucos Pharma GmbH & Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-07-02· cited 1,081×
• John Colwell v. Robert Bannister
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-08-14· cited 652×
• Brown v. Valoff
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-09-06· cited 647×
• United States v. John Paul Wilson
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-10-22· cited 624×
• Primiano v. Cook
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-03-10· cited 550×
• Wakefield v. Thompson
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-05-27· cited 525×