Douglas W. Schwenk v. James Hartford Steve Sinclair Robert Mitchell,opinion

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2000-02-29

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REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: Robert Mitchell, a Washington state prison guard, appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment in a case in which a male-to-female transsexual prisoner, Douglas (“Crystal”) Schwenk, sought damages as a result of Mitchell’s alleged attempt to rape her. 1 Following the…

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