Wittkowski v. Spencer

MEMORANDUM & ORDER. Nathaniel M. Gorton, United States District Judge

This case arises out of the purportedly inadequate medical treatment of pro se plaintiff Jojo Wittkowski (“plaintiff’), who is currently incarcerated at Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

I. Background

Plaintiff is a transgender (male to female) woman. In March, 2014, she filed a complaint alleging that, by declining to treat her gender identity disorder, defendants, who are healthcare personnel employed by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, 1) violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments…