Legal Opinion
Tikkun v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 17, 2010No. 05 Civ. 9901(RJS)(JCF)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JAMES C. FRANCIS IV, United States Magistrate Judge.
This action is unique among the many cases arising out of arrests made during the Republican National Convention (the “RNC”) in 2004. As in most of the RNC cases, the plaintiff asserts claims of false arrest and violation of her First Amendment rights. However, Kaitlyn Tikkun is a transgender lesbian who also alleges that the City of New *153York, the New York City Police Department (the “NYPD”), and the New York City Department of Correction have implemented policies and practices that subject transgender individuals to…
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