DOE v. HOLCOMB

No. 17-1756.

883 F.3d 971 (2018)

John DOE, formerly known as Jane Doe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eric HOLCOMB, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Indiana, Curtis T. Hill, Jr., in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Indiana, Myla Eldridge, in her official capacity as Marion County Clerk of the Court, and Mary Willis, in her official capacity as Executive Director of the Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shawn Thomas Meerkamper , Ilona M. Turner , Attorneys, TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER, Oakland, CA, Barbara Baird , Attorney, LAW OFFICE OF BARBARA J. BAIRD, Indianapolis, IN, Thomas Andrew Saenz , Attorney, MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Frances Barrow , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees ERIC HOLCOMB, CURTIS T. HILL, JR., MARY WILLIS.

Thomas James O'Grady Moore , Donald Eugene Morgan , Attorneys, OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee MYLA ELDRIDGE.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Flaum and Kanne, Circuit Judges.


John Doe, whose legal name is Jane Doe,1 is a transgender man residing in Marion County, Indiana. Though Doe is originally from Mexico, the United States granted him asylum in 2015 because of the persecution he might face in Mexico for being transgender...

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