RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals panel said Monday that a Virginia inmate is entitled to a full court hearing on her lifelong quest for a sex-change operation.
The three judges of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals returned Ophelia De’Lonta’s case to a lower court, concluding that her constitutional claim should be heard. She contends that the denial of her sex-change operation amounts to a violation of her Eighth Amendment freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.
A federal judge in Roanoke dismissed De’Lonta’s self-filed lawsuit in 2011 after he concluded the Virginia Department of Corrections was adequately treating De’Lonta.
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5 comments:
BS ..He/she wants let he/she Pay for it in Chips,soda,x 25 yrs...
This is sick and a waste of tax dollars!
IF you are in prison they you have done something that forfeits your entitlement to rights. The fact that we should have to pay for this is SICKENING.
And we wonder why we r broke
There's always the death penalty. Then you can ask God to be reborn as a man next time around! God recycles souls, you know!
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