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Title: Trans prisoner settles landmark civil rights lawsuit
Post by: LostInTime on July 06, 2007, 08:12:38 AM
Post by: LostInTime on July 06, 2007, 08:12:38 AM
Pink News UK (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4866.html)
6th July 2007 12:30
PinkNews.co.uk writer
John Doe, a 2005 inmate of the Orange County Jail in California, today successfully settled a civil rights suit against the County resulting in significant policy changes and a settlement sum of close to $50,000 (£25,000).
Doe, represented by San Diego law firm Stock Stephens, LLP and the Transgender Law Center (TLC), alleged denial of medical care and gender identity harassment in the suit.
6th July 2007 12:30
PinkNews.co.uk writer
John Doe, a 2005 inmate of the Orange County Jail in California, today successfully settled a civil rights suit against the County resulting in significant policy changes and a settlement sum of close to $50,000 (£25,000).
Doe, represented by San Diego law firm Stock Stephens, LLP and the Transgender Law Center (TLC), alleged denial of medical care and gender identity harassment in the suit.