OWEN, Circuit Judge.
Carrie Rahat Sama, who was incarcerated in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division (TDCJ-CID), sought damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She asserted that her constitutional rights were violated when her ovary and lymph nodes were removed without her consent during a radical hysterectomy. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the physicians who performed the surgery, holding...
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