Norsworthy

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, GRANTING REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE, AND DENYING MOTION TO STRIKE

Before the Court are Plaintiff Michelle-Lael B. Norsworthy’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, ECF No. 62, Defendants’ Request for Judicial Notice, ECF No. 77, and Plaintiffs Evidentiary Objection and Motion to Strike Portions of Expert Declaration of Dr. Stephen Levine in Support of Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, ECF No. 80. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will grant Plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction, grant Defendants’ request for judicial notice, and deny Plaintiffs evidentiary objection and motion to strike.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Norsworthy’s Gender Dysphoria

Plaintiff, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) inmate currently incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison in lone, California, is a transsexual woman — a person whose female gender identity is different from the male gender assigned to her at birth. Deposition of Michelle-Lael Norsworthy (“Norsworthy Dep.”), ECF No. 66-4 at 5, *1170 18-20; Mental Health Evaluation: Gender Identity Disorder Evaluation of Dr.…