Monroe v. Bowman

In a class action lawsuit challenging the treatment of prisoners with gender dysphoria by the Illinois Department of Corrections, the defendant prison officials appealed from the imposition of several injunctions and a finding of civil contempt by the district court. The Seventh Circuit vacated the injunctions finding that they were preliminary in nature and expired 90 days after they were entered and that they could not retroactively be transformed into permanent injunctions as was argued by the plaintiffs. The appellate court dismissed the challenge to the findings of contempt for lack of jurisdiction because the district court had not yet imposed any sanctions. (ROVNER and KIRSCH, concurring)