RAVEN v. POLIS

Supreme Court Case No. 20SA321.

479 P.3d 918 (2021)

2021 CO 8

In Re Kandice RAVEN, Jane Gallentine, Taliyah Murphy, Amber Miller, Megan Gulley, Lavenya Karpierz, and Cupcake Rivers, as representatives of themselves and all others similarly situated in this class action, Plaintiffs, v. Jared POLIS, Governor of Colorado; Colorado Department of Corrections; Dean Williams, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections; Travis Trani, Director of Prisons; Randolph Maul, M.D., Colorado Department of Corrections Chief Medical Officer; Sarah Butler, M.D., Chief of the Gender Dysphoria Committee and Chief of Psychiatry; William Frost, M.D., former Colorado Department of Corrections Chief Medical Officer; and Darren Lish, M.D., former Chief of Psychiatry, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

February 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Suneeta Hazra , Denver, Colorado, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Michael Roig , New York, New York, King & Greisen, LLP, Paula Greisen , Jessica Freeman , Denver, Colorado, Transgender Law Center, Lynly S. Egyes , Shawn Thomas Meerkamper , Dale Melchert , Oakland, California.

Attorneys for Defendant Jared Polis: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, LeeAnn Morrill , First Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

No appearance on behalf of Defendants Colorado Department of Corrections, Dean Williams, Travis Trani, Randolph Maul, Sarah Butler, William Frost, and Darren Lish.

En Banc.


¶1 In this original proceeding, Governor Jared Polis asks us to conclude that he is not a proper named defendant in a suit challenging the implementation of Colorado law and policy by the Colorado Department of Corrections ("CDOC"), an executive agency over which he has ultimate authority. The...

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