Brown v. Wilson et al, No. 3:2013cv00599 - Document 43 (E.D. Va. 2015)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. See Opinion for complete details. Signed by District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr., on 06/23/2015. (ccol, )
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Brown v. Wilson et al Doc. 43 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division ALICIA JADE BROWN, Plaintiff, V. Civil Action No. 3:13CV599 ERIC D. WILSON, e/fl/.. Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Alicia Jade Brown, a federal inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this Bivens action. Brown suffers from Gender Identity Disorder ("GID").' Although Brown acknowledges that Defendants^ have provided some treatment for her GID, including hormone therapy. Brown contends that the treatment provided is inadequate. Specifically, Brown raises the following grounds for relief: Claim 1 Defendants violated Brown's rights under the Eighth Amendment by: (a) their refusal to increase Brown's GID-related medications; (b) their refusal to schedule Brown for an appointment with an endocrinologist; (c) their refusal to allow Brown to purchase from the commissary items that are sold at women's facilities; and, (d) their refusal to authorize electrolysis or laser hair removal. Claim 2 Defendant Vazquez-Velazquez violated Brown's right to equal protection "via his discrimination as to Plaintiffs gender" and "perceived sexual orientation." (Comp. 9.) ' "GID is a strong and persistent cross-gender identification, which is a desire to be, or insistence that one is, of the other sex." (Compl. 3 (internal quotation marks omitted) (citation omitted).) ^ Brown names as defendants: Eric D. Wilson, the Warden of the Federal Correctional Institution, in Petersburg, Virginia; Charles L. Samuels, Jr., the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons ("BOP"); Dr. Jorge Vazquez-Velazquez, a medical doctor with the BOP; and, Dr. Donald Lewis, the Chief Psychiatrist of the BOP. Dockets.Justia.com
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