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Ninth Circuit Remands Transgender Idaho Prisoner’s $2.63 Million Attorney Fee Award for Recalculation— Against Bankrupt Corizon Health Successor

Loaded on March 1, 2025 published in Prison Legal News March, 2025, page 16
Filed under: Corizon, Settlements, Transgender Medical Procedures, Criminal Justice Act (CJA). Location: Idaho.

Transgender Idaho state prisoner Adree Edmo filed suit in 2017 seeking gender-confirming surgery. She suffered from an extreme case of gender dysphoria—a recognized medical condition—and had repeatedly attempted self-castration. As PLN reported, the litigation was successful, and Edmo received the surgery shortly before her release in July 2020. The federal ...

 

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