ORTIZ v. FOXX

No. 19-cv-02923.

596 F.Supp.3d 1100 (2022)

Reyna Angelina ORTIZ (legal name Raymond Ortiz), et al., Plaintiffs, v. Kimberly M. FOXX, in her official capacity as Cook County State's Attorney; Timothy C. Evans, in his official capacity as the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County; and Sharon M. Sullivan, in her official capacity as the Presiding Judge of the County Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

Signed March 31, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mol Parker-Kafka , Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Alexandra Joelle Block , Brian D. Straw , Lucia Lynn Marker-Moore , Martin S. Kedziora , Gregory Edward Ostfeld , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Hellin Jang , Prathima Yeddanapudi , Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Kimberly M. Foxx.

Sarah Hughes Newman , Illinois Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants Timothy C. Evans, Sharon M. Sullivan.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This case concerns a challenge to the Illinois statute that governs whether and how people can change their legal names. Plaintiffs are a group of transgender persons who intend to change their names under the Illinois Change of Name statute. But Plaintiffs face...

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