Plaintiff, a transgender woman held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), filed a pro se lawsuit against President Donald Trump, the Attorney General, the BOP Director, and two BOP Wardens. The lawsuit challenges President Trump's Executive Order 14168, which targets transgender individuals and bans gender-affirming care in federal prisons. Under this order, prison officials allegedly denied transgender prisoners clothing and underwear aligning with their gender identity, assigned guards of the opposite gender to search transgender prisoners, refused gender-affirming care, and harassed transgender inmates regarding their identity. Plaintiff argues that these actions by prison officials violate the Eighth Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, and the First Amendment. Plaintiff seeks a declaration that Trump's executive order is unconstitutional, a preliminary and permanent injunction against the order's enforcement—both generally and as specifically applied to the plaintiff.
On June 24, 2025, the case was transferred to the Ocala Division from the Orlando Division.
