ARROYO GONZALEZ v. ROSELLO NEVARES

Civil 17-1457CCC.

305 F.Supp.3d 327 (2018)

Daniela ARROYO GONZALEZ; Victoria Rodriguez Roldan; J.G.; Puerto Rico Para Tod@s, Plaintiffs v. Ricardo ROSSELLO NEVARES, in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Rafael Rodriguez-Mercado, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Wanda LLovet Diaz, in her official capacity as Director of the Division of Demographic Registry and Vital Statistics of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

Signed April 20, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aliki Sofis, David C. Soutter, Sara Perkins Jones, Ropes & Gray LLP, Richard D. Batchelder, Prudential Tower, R. Daniel O'Connor, Boston, MA, Kara Nicole Ingelhart, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Chicago, IL, M. Dru Levasseur, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. Southern Regional Office, Atlanta, GA, Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Lambda Leal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., Bonnie C. Doyle, Demoya Gordon, New York, NY, Celina Romany-Siaca, Celina Romany Law Office, Guaynabo, PR, for Plaintiffs.

Idza Diaz-Rivera, P.R. Department of Justice, San Juan, PR, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

This is an action for declaratory relief brought by three transgenders and an organization that advocates for the civil rights of LGBT people in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They seek one common determination: that defendants be ordered to permit transgender persons...

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