Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Berg
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided July 15, 2003No. 00-CV-1433PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
KAHN, District Judge.
I. Background
A. Facts
Plaintiff Mark L. Brooks a/k/a Jessica M. Lewis (“Plaintiff’) is an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility (“Clinton”), where he 1 is housed in the Assessment Program and Preparation Unit (APPU). 2 Plaintiff is a biological male who claims to suffer from gender identity disorder (GID) (also known as gender dysphoria or transsexualism). The Supreme Court has explained that transsexuals have “‘[a] rare psychiatric disorder in which a person feels persistently uncomfortable about his or her anatomical sex,’ and ... typically…
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