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Case Name	Diamond v. Owens	PC-GA-0017
Docket / Court	5:15-cv-00050-MTT ( M.D. Ga. )
State/Territory	Georgia
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Attorney Organization	Southern Poverty Law Center
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Defendant-type

Corrections

General

Gay/lesbian/transgender

Prison Rape Elimination Act

Sexual abuse by residents/inmates

Medical/Mental Health

Medication, administration of

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Georgia Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	Transgender inmate
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Southern Poverty Law Center
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Damages
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement
Filing Year	2015
Case Closing Year	2016
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources

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	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

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Docket(s)

5:15-cv-00050-MTT (M.D. Ga.) PC-GA-0017-9000.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/12/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
5:15−cv−00050 (M.D. Ga.) PC-GA-0017-9001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/07/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Verified Complaint [ECF# 3] PC-GA-0017-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/19/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction [ECF# 2] PC-GA-0017-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/20/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Statement of Interest of the United States [ECF# 29] PC-GA-0017-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/03/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order PC-GA-0017-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/14/2015 Source: Bloomberg Law
Order [ECF# 68] (M.D. Ga.) PC-GA-0017-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/14/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Treadwell, Marc Thomas (M.D. Ga.) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0002 \| PC-GA-0017-0005 \| PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Dinielli, David Carter (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0001 \| PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001 Ezie, A. Chinyere (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0001 \| PC-GA-0017-0004 \| PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001 Knoepp, James Melvin (Georgia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0001 \| PC-GA-0017-0004 \| PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001 Wolfe, Samuel (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0001 \| PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001
Defendant's Lawyers	Boyce, Sharonda (Georgia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001 Crowder, Elizabeth McRary (Georgia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001 Gore, Deborah Nolan (Georgia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001 Johnson, David V. (Georgia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001 Tarver, Brett A. (Georgia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-9001
Other Lawyers	Abbate, Julie K. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0003 Brett, Sharon (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0003 \| PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001 Gupta, Vanita (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0003 Kappelhoff, Mark (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0003 Moore, Michael J. (Georgia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0003 Preston, Judy C. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0003 Snell, Bernard (Georgia) show/hide docs PC-GA-0017-0003 \| PC-GA-0017-9000 \| PC-GA-0017-9001

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