Love v. Johnson

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS [16]

Nancy G. Edmunds, United States District Judge

Plaintiffs, a group of transgender individuals, filed this civil rights lawsuit against the Michigan Secretary of State seeking a declaration that the department’s policy for changing the sex on a state-issued ID is unconstitutional. According to the complaint, the policy has made it unduly burdensome — and in some cases impossible — for Plaintiffs and others like them to obtain a state ID that accurately reflects their gender. In this way, Plaintiffs are forced to rely on an official ID…