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California: CDCR Pays $5,000 to Settle Failure-to-Protect Suit Brought by Pre-Operative Transsexual Prisoner

In April 2010, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) signed off on a settlement agreement of $5,000 to Lorenzo Carl Paynes in exchange for a voluntary dismissal of Paynes’ federal lawsuit alleging that CDCR officials had violated his Eight Amendment rights. Paynes, a pre-operative transsexual prisoner who goes ...

 

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