Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing plaintiff-transgender male’s action alleging that Indiana statute that required that he (as successful asylum applicant) produce proof of U.S. citizenship in order to change his name to conform to his gender identity violated his 1st and 14th Amendment rights. 11th Amendment barred instant action against all three state-official defendants, where plaintiff failed to show that any official was connected with enforcement of instant name-change statute. Fact that defendant-Attorney General possessed duty to support constitutionality of said statute did not require different result. Moreover, while 11th Amendment did not bar plaintiff’s lawsuit against defendant-county clerk, plaintiff still lacked standing to pursue instant lawsuit against county clerk, where county clerk had no power to grant or deny name-change petitions. (Dissent filed.)
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
11th Amendment