Duronslet v. County of Los Angeles

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS [7]

OTIS D. WRIGHT, II, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Genevieve Duronslet is a transgender minor who is biologically male but who identifies as female. (Compl. ¶¶ 1, 13, ECF No. 1-2.) In October 2015, the Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services (“DCFS”) detained Plaintiff in connection with a juvenile dependency case. (Id, ¶ 13.)' During her detention, DCFS personnel allegedly forced Plaintiff to use male restroom facilities and to sleep on the “boy’s side” of the DCFS Welcome…