Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Bernadette Francoise Armand , Victor M. Glasberg & Associates, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Earle Duncan Getchell, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Victor M. Glasberg , Victor M. Glasberg & Associates, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General of Virginia, Michael H. Brady , Assistant Attorney General, Charles E. James, Jr. , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Wesley G. Russell, Jr. , Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Jeffrey Light , Law Office of Jeffrey Light, Washington, D.C., for DC Trans Coalition, Amicus Supporting Appellant. Joshua Block , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Rebecca K. Glenberg , American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia Foundation, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, for American Civil Liberties Union Inc., and American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Inc., Amici Supporting Appellant.
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge KING joined.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
OPINION
DIAZ, Circuit Judge:
Virginia inmate Ophelia Azriel De'lonta (born Michael A. Stokes) filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that prison officials denied her adequate medical treatment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. Because we conclude that De'lonta's complaint states a claim for relief that is plausible on its face...
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