article_snippet.sent: A federal judge on Thursday ordered  California's corrections department to provide a transsexual convicted murderer with sex change surgery, the first time such an operation has been ordered in  California.
article_snippet.sent: U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco ruled that denying sex reassignment surgery to 51-year-old Michelle-Lael Norsworthy violates her constitutional rights.
article_snippet.sent: U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco San Francisco ruled that denying sex reassignment surgery to  
article_snippet.sent: U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco says U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco would be the second time nationwide that such a surgery has been performed on an inmate, an apparent reference to an inmate who castrated an inmate who castrated himself in Texas in Texas
article_snippet.sent: U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco found that the decision by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to deny the procedure was medically unacceptable under the circumstances.
article_snippet.sent: the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said Corrections officials are considering whether to appeal U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco.
article_snippet.sent: Her care is consistent with what other judges nationwide have found to be appropriate for transgender inmates, the department said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Judge  ruled that denying sex reassignment surgery to Michelle