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Case Name	Wilson v. Bruning	PC-NE-0010
Docket / Court	8:13-CV-00130 ( D. Neb. )
State/Territory	Nebraska
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Special Collection	Same-Sex Marriage
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Affected Gender

Female

Male

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Equal Protection

Free Exercise Clause

Defendant-type

Corrections

Jurisdiction-wide

Discrimination-basis

Gender identity

Sex discrimination

Sexual orientatation

General

Gay/lesbian/transgender

Marriage

Visiting

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201

Case Details


Defendant(s)	State of Nebraska
Plaintiff Description	Plaintiff is a male inmate of the Nebraska Department of Corrections who wishes to marry a transgender woman who was a former inmate at the same prison, and to be free to associate with each other as immediate family members before the mandatory three year waiting period for released inmates.
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	Yes
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	None
Source of Relief	None
Filing Year	2013
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources


	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]

Documents

Docket(s)

8:13-cv-00130-RGK-PRSE (D. Neb.)
PC-NE-0010-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 05/11/2015
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Pro Se Civil Complaint [ECF# 1] PC-NE-0010-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/22/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Amended Complaint [ECF# 21] PC-NE-0010-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/10/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum and Order [Dismissing Certain Claims and Allowing First Amendment Claim to Proceed to Service of Process] [ECF# 25] (D. Neb.) PC-NE-0010-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/17/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum and Order [ECF# 39] (D. Neb.) PC-NE-0010-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/03/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Judgment [ECF# 40] (D. Neb.) PC-NE-0010-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/03/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum and Order [ECF# 44] (D. Neb.) PC-NE-0010-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/15/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Kopf, Richard George (D. Neb.) PC-NE-0010-0003 \| PC-NE-0010-0004 \| PC-NE-0010-0005 \| PC-NE-0010-0006 \| PC-NE-0010-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Citta, Kyle J. (Nebraska) PC-NE-0010-9000