KEOHANE v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS SECRETARY

No. 18-14096.

952 F.3d 1257 (2020)

Reiyn KEOHANE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SECRETARY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Boaz Tilley , ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL, Nancy Gbana Abudu, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Ardith Michelle Bronson , DLA Piper, LLP (US), Miami, FL, Leslie Cooper , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kirkland E. Reid , Jones Walker, LLP, Mobile, AL, Marc Wesley Dunbar , William D. Hall, III , Daniel Russell , Jones Walker, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Allison B. Kingsmill , Jones Walker, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Kenneth L. Doroshow , Jenner & Block, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae.

Richard Saenz , Lambda Legal Defense, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Black and Pink.

Before WILSON and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges, and COOGLER, District Judge.


This appeal requires us to decide whether the Florida Department of Corrections violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in its treatment of a transgender inmate's gender dysphoria. Specifically, we must determine whether the FDC acted with deliberate...

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