Sullivan v. Benningfield—U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee/U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (won)

Selected Case Documents:

• *Final Order and Consent Decree
• *Sixth Circuit Opinion Reversing District Court
• Order Rescinding Inmate Sterilization Program
• Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief
• 6^th Circuit Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants
• Plaintiffs’ Motion to Certify State Law Claims
• Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
• Plaintiffs’ Motion for Estoppel Based on Defendant Benningfield’s Public Reprimand
• Defendants’ Response in Opposition to Partial Summary Judgment
• Plaintiffs’ Reply to Defendants’ Response in Opposition to Partial Summary Judgment

Selected Media Coverage:

• The Tennessean: Federal court order officially ends Tennessee ‘inmate sterilization’ program
• Vice: A Tennessee County Wanted to Sterilize Inmates for Shorter Sentences. That’s Over Now.
• Fox 17: Tennessee inmates win suit against judge who offered sentencing credits for sterilization
• IFL: Federal Court Ends Tennessee’s Controversial Inmate Sterilization Program
• News Channel 5: White County Inmate Sterilization Program terminated by federal ruling
• The Tennessean: Court revives lawsuit against judge who shortened jail time if inmates got ‘sterilized’
• The Washington Post: Tennessee judge reprimanded for offering reduced jail time in exchange for sterilization
• The Tennessean: 2nd lawsuit challenges Tennessee county’s inmate birth control practice
• WSMV Channel 4: Judge under scrutiny for offering reduced sentences for vasectomies, birth control implants
• BBC News: ‘We were guinea pigs’: Jailed inmates agreed to birth control
• ScotBlog: Lawsuit Seeks to End White County’s Ongoing Sterilization Program