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MAGGERT v. HANKS

No. 97-1651.

131 F.3d 670 (1997)

Tasha S. MAGGERT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Craig A. HANKS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tasha S. Maggert (submitted), Carlisle, IN, Plaintiff-Appellant pro se.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

A prisoner appeals from the dismissal of a suit in which he claims that the prison's failure to give him estrogen therapy for a psychiatric condition known technically as gender dysphoria and more popularly as transsexualism is a form of cruel and unusual punishment. A psychiatrist hired by the prison on a contract basis refused to prescribe estrogen for the prisoner, Maggert, instead recommending that...

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