HAVERKAMP v. LINTHICUM

No. 20-40337 consolidated with No. 20-40683.

6 F.4th 662 (2021)

David Allen HAVERKAMP, also known as Bobbie Lee Haverkamp, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Doctor Lannette LINTHICUM; Cynthia Jumper; F. Parker Hudson; Phillip Keiser, Defendants-Appellants, David Allen Haverkamp, also known as Bobbie Lee Haverkamp, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Preston Johnson, Jr.; John Burruss; Erin Wyrick; Jeffrey Beeson; Dee Budgewater; Robert Greenberg, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Weiss , Rights Behind Bars, Washington, DC, Daniel Woofter , Kevin K. Russell , Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Bruce Russell Garcia , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Law Enforcement Defense Division, Lanora Christine Pettit , Natalie Deyo Thompson , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Doctor Lannette Linthicum.

Courtney Brooke Corbello , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Law Enforcement Defense Division, Lanora Christine Pettit , Natalie Deyo Thompson , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants Cynthia Jumper, F. Parker Hudson.

John Robert Strawn, Jr., Esq. , Strawn Pickens, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Phillip Keiser.

Allison M. Zieve , Matthew Adam Seligman , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Amiens Curiae Public Citizen.

Before Dennis and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges, and Hicks, Chief District Judge.


Texas state prisoner David Allen Haverkamp, also known as Bobbie Lee Haverkamp, a biological male at birth who identifies as a transgender woman, sued state officials (collectively, "Defendants" or "the State"), alleging violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants...

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