(DOWNLOAD) "Farmer V. Haas" by United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Farmer V. Haas
Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Release Date : January 02, 1993
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 53 KB

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. Dee Farmer, a federal prison inmate, brought this suit for damages against three members of the prison staff, charging deliberate indifference (in violation of the cruel and unusual punishments clause of the Eighth Amendment) to her need for medical and psychiatric treatment for the condition known as transsexualism (gender dysphoria). After this court in an unpublished order reversed the grant of summary judgment for the defendants, the case Was tried for two days before a jury, which brought in a verdict for the defendants, precipitating this appeal.