ONGOING CASES
Zayre-Brown v. North Carolina Dep’t of Public Safety
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
The North Carolina Dep’t of Public Safety housed Ms. Kanautica Zayre-Brown, a transgender woman, in a male prison for two year, while also denying her access to gender-affirming care and subjecting her to inhumane treatment because she is transgender. On April 16, 2024, the district court found that the state agency violated Ms. Zayre-Brown’s Eighth Amendment rights. The case is ongoing.
Kadel v. Folwell
FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
VICTORY! On April 29, 2024, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a joint decision en banc in Kadel v. Folwell and Anderson v. Crouch, finding that healthcare plans that cover medically necessary treatments for certain diagnoses but bar coverage of those same medically necessary treatments for patients diagnosed with gender dysphoria violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.