Fields v. Smith

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Prisoners
Citation
Case Number: 
Nos. 10-2339 & 10-2466 Cons.
Decision Date: 
August 5, 2011
Federal District: 
E.D. Wisc.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Dist. Ct. did not err in finding that Wisc. statute, which precluded prison officials from providing hormone therapy to transgender inmates, violated 8th Amendment. Record showed that hormone therapy qualified as medically necessary treatment to alleviate symptoms of dysphoria, and defendant failed to produce evidence that another treatment could adequately replace necessary hormone therapy.