Beard v. Falkenrath

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 09/03/2024 - 14:47

Transgender woman alleged that prison officials violated her constitutional rights by using excessive force, stripping her clothes off in view of other inmate, and retaliating for filing complaints against them; removal of clothes was search under 4th Amendment; not clearly established that equal protection clause prohibited officials from engaging in gender identity discrimination; not clearly established that inmate had First Amendment right to wear gender identity conforming clothing; not clearly established that inmate had First Amendment right to require prison officials to use her preferred gender pronouns; clearly established that responding to prisoner’s constitutionally protected activities with retaliatory housing assignment violated First Amendment.

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Actionable Conduct Edition