Federal Judge in Pennsylvania Rules BOP Must Honor Transgender Prisoner’s Legal Name Change by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On July 19, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the motion of a transgender federal prisoner and compelled the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …

Oregon Appeals Court Okays Legal Change of Transgender Prisoner’s Name and Sex by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 2, 2022, the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon held that a lower court erred in denying a state prisoner’s petition for change of legal name or sex …

Nebraska Petitioner Seek Name Change Cannot Proceed In Forma Pauperis by The Nebraska Court of Appeals held a petitioner seeking a name change may not proceed in forma pauperis. Nebraska prisoner Douglas David Pattengall filed a petition for mane change, seeking to “cast off the last vestiges of Christianity and …

Naber v. Jones et al, FL, 2nd Amended Complaint, transgender denial of name change medical treatment, 2016 Case 2:15-cv-14427-RLR Document 20 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/31/2016 Page 1 of 24 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 2:15-cv-14427-RLR Justin Lee Naber, also known as Stacy Lorraine Naber, …

Use of Pseudonym Merited to Protect Prisoner from Victimization by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 27, 2015 that a California death-sentenced prisoner had submitted sufficient evidence to proceed under a pseudonym rather than his real name. The appellate court noted this was an exceptional case that …

Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition by Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition The California Court of Appeal has reversed the Fresno Superior Court’s denial of a name-change petition filed by a federal prisoner awaiting sentencing …

PI Granted on Refusal to Deliver Prisoner's Mail Due to Name Change by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a California prisoner was entitled to a preliminary injunction against prison practices that had the effect of interfering with his access to the court. "The gist of this case …