U.S. District Court: TRANSSEXUAL.

Wolfe v. Horn, 130 F.Supp.2d 648 (E.D.Pa. 2001). A pre-operative transsexual inmate brought a [ss] 1983 action against prison officials and medical professionals, alleging that their failure to permit him to continue hormone treatment therapy violated his constitutional rights. The district court ruled that the prison officials reasonably relied on the medical professionals' opinions as to the propriety of withdrawing the inmate's hormonal therapy and were entitled to qualified immunity on the inmate's [ss] 1983 claim. The court held that the officials did not violate the equal protection rights of the inmate who was suffering from a gender identity disorder by refusing to permit the inmate to grow long hair, even...