Opinion

Jane Doe 2 v. Patrick Shanahan

  • 917 F.3d 694
Court
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Filed
Mar 8, 2019
Status
Published
Author
Wilkins
On the bench
Griffith, Wilkins, Williams
Cited by
12 cases
Authority
More cited than 59.8%

defining sex and gender while noting that the distinction is “critically important” to the court’s analysis

How later courts described this case

  • defining sex and gender while noting that the distinction is “critically important” to the court’s analysis
  • “[T]he transgender community is not a monolith in which every person wants to take steps necessary to live in accord with his or her preferred gender (rather than his or her biological sex). Quite the opposite.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge Wilkins.

Opinion concurring in the result filed by Senior Circuit Judge Williams.

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