Legal Opinion
Dee Farmer v. Richard Haas, Edward J. Brennan, and L.E. Dubois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 2, 1993No. 91-2484PublishedCited by 292 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Dee Farmer, a federal prison inmate, brought this suit for damages against three members of the prison staff, charging deliberate indifference (in violation of the cruel and unusual punishments clause of the Eighth Amendment) to her need for medical and psychiatric treatment for the condition known as transsexualism (gender dysphoria). After this court in an unpublished order reversed the grant of summary judgment for the defendants, the case was tried for two days before a jury, which brought in a verdict for the defendants, precipitating this appeal.
Farmer, who is now…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Allen Hodge v. Police Officers: Colon, 623 and Repuerto, 145Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Whisenant v. YuamCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by292 opinions
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