Legal Opinion
Doe v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 18, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2013-0878PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RANDOLPH D. MOSS, United States District Judge
The plaintiff in this case, known here by the pseudonym Jane Doe, is a young transgender woman who served a sentence in District of Columbia jail. She had a feminine appearance and, due to ongoing hormone therapy, had developed breasts. On the night of July 17, 2012, for reasons not apparent from the record, two prison guards placed her in the same cell as another inmate, Leonard Johnson. Doe protested that she was on “house alone” status, but the guards locked Johnson in her cell regardless. They left Johnson there…
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