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SUPRE v. RICKETTS

No. 84-2803.

792 F.2d 958 (1986)

Shauna SUPRE, also known as Ralph Spencer, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James G. RICKETTS, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, L. Dennis Kleinsasser, Ph.D., Robert McGowan, M.D., Robert Warren, Ph.D., and Robert T. Moore, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Daniel Dailey, First Asst. Atty. Gen. (Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., with him on brief), Denver, Colo., for defendants-appellants.

Lawrence J. Schoenwald, American Civil Liberties Union, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SEYMOUR, SETH and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff-appellee Shauna Supre1 (plaintiff) is a convicted felon and has been diagnosed as a transsexual. He was in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections in January, 1982, when he filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking to obtain what he considered necessary medical treatment for gender dysphoria...

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