No. 24A553

Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction v. Kayla Jean Ayers

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: N/A
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment gender-affirmation medical-treatment prison-conditions transgender-rights
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state corrections department can be compelled to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to an incarcerated transgender individual under the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment

Docket Entries

2024-12-17
Application (24A553) referred to the Court.
2024-12-17
Application (24A553) to recall and stay the mandate presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied.
2024-12-13
Reply of Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Director in support of application submitted.
2024-12-13
Reply of applicant Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Director filed.
2024-12-12
Response to application from respondent Kayla Ayers filed.
2024-12-05
Response to application (24A553) requested by Justice Kavanaugh, due by 4 p.m. (EST) on December 12, 2024.
2024-12-02
Application (24A553) to recall and stay the mandate, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Kayla Ayers
Paul Whitfield HughesMcDermott Will & Emery, Respondent
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Director
Thomas Elliot GaiserOffice of the Ohio Attorney General, Petitioner