Legal Work
Prisons and PolicingColorado Class Action Lawsuit
On November 22nd, 2019, Transgender Law Center (TLC) and King & Greisen, LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all transgender women who are or will be in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC).
...Yust v. DMV
Amber Yust, a transgender woman, settled her privacy and civil rights lawsuit with the San Francisco Department of Motor Vehicles on August 15, 2011, with the help of her attorneys Chris Dolan and the Transgender Law Center.
...Christina Lopez
Christina Lopez, a transgender woman from Peru and a survivor of human trafficking, was first detained by immigration officials in 2014 and spent almost five years in ICE custody until she secured a special visa and was released in 2019.
...Nicoll Hernández-Polanco
Nicoll Hernández-Polanco is a Guatemalan transgender woman who was detained at the behest of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an all-male facility in Florence, AZ.
...Saunders-Velez v. Colorado Department of Corrections
Lindsay Saunders-Velez is a young, Black transgender woman who fought for her safety and to be treated for who she is by the Colorado Department of Corrections (“CDOC”) where she was in custody.
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