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Date: 10-06-2021
Case Style:
Case Number: 5:20-cv-00819-F
Judge: Stephen P. Friot
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Defendant's Attorney: Attorney General's Office
Description: Oklahoma City, OK: Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on Constitutional violation theory.
Plaintiff sought to force the state to recognize a non-binary gender designation on birth certificates.
It all began in December of 2019 when Kit Vivien Lorelied applied to make changes to their Oklahoma birth certificate. The changes they requested were to their name and sex. Lorelied is non-binary and uses the pronouns they/them/their.
After the State Department of Health denied Lorelied's request, a lawsuit was filed against several members of the Oklahoma State Department of Health in August of 2020.
Outcome: The Attorney General's Office stipulated to entry of a judgment in favor of the Plaintiff's position.
10/05/2021 17 UNOPPOSED MOTION to Stay Case by Kit Vivien Lorelied. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Petition to Register Foreign Judgment, # 2 Exhibit Unopposed Order Registering Foreign Judgment, # 3 Exhibit Correspondence issued to Vital Records, # 4 Exhibit E-mail confirming receipt of documents)(Brecht, Christopher) (Entered: 10/05/2021)
10/06/2021 18 ORDER GRANTING STAY OF PROCEEDINGS granting 17 Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Stay. Signed by Judge Stephen P. Friot on 10/6/2021. (llg) (Entered: 10/06/2021)
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