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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO 

JOINT STATUS REPORT 

 On April 8, 2021, this Court made its second order that the parties file a status report in 

lieu of briefing Plaintiffs’ fee motion, detailing the status of their fee negotiations and Defendants’ 

compliance with the Court’s December 16, 2020 injunction in this case. (ECF No. 92) 

Since that order, the parties met for a second settlement conference and exchanged detailed 

correspondence. Regarding its compliance with the Court’s injunction in this case, Defendant the 

Ohio Department of Health is putting into place a method by which transgender people born in 

Ohio may obtain corrections to the sex marker on their birth certificate. This method will be 

available as soon as possible, and the Ohio Department of Health continues to work to have this 

in place before June 1, 2021. The Department is developing an update to its Vital Statistics 

webpage and the information on Changing or Correcting a Birth Record which will explain the 

new process once it is in place. In the meantime, the Department is updating its communications 

on this issue to reflect compliance with the Court’s December 16, 2020 Order. 

STACIE RAY, 

et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

STEPHANIE McCLOUD, 

et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:18-cv-00272 

Judge: Michael Watson 

Magistrate Judge: Chelsey Vascura 

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Negotiations over Plaintiffs’ fee motion remain productive. The parties are also discussing 

a method by which Ohio Department of Health can issue corrected birth certificates to the four 

Plaintiffs in this case. 

Unless the case has been resolved, the parties respectfully request a status conference be 

set for May 7, 2021, to discuss the pending fee motion and other remaining issues. A proposed 

order is attached. 

Dated April 22, 2021 

Respectfully Submitted, 

(signatures on following page) 

 

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/s/ Jake Blake /s/ Elizabeth Bonham 

Albert J. Lucas (0007676) 

Jason J. Blake (0087692) 

CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP 

1200 Huntington Center 

41 S. High Street 

Columbus, OH 43215 

Telephone: (614) 621-1500 

Fax: (614) 621-0100 

alucas@calfee.com

jblake@calfee.com

Attorneys for Defendants

Elizabeth Bonham (0093733) 

Freda Levenson (0045916) 

Susan Becker (0010205) 

ACLU of Ohio 

4506 Chester Ave. 

Cleveland, OH 44103 

Phone: (614) 586-1972 

Facsimile: (614) 586-1974 

Email: flevenson@acluohio.org 

Email: sbecker@acluohio.org 

Email: ebonham@acluohio.org 

David Carey (0088787) 

ACLU of Ohio Foundation 

1108 City Park Avenue 

Columbus, OH 43206 

Phone: 614-586-1972 

Fax: 614-586-1974 

dcarey@acluohio.org 

John Knight* (Illinois Bar No. 6201433) 

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 

180 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2300 

Chicago, IL 60601 

Phone: (312) 201-9740 

Facsimile: (312) 288-5225 

Email: jknight@aclu.org

Malita Picasso* 

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 

125 Broad St. 

New York, NY 10004 

Phone: (212) 549-2569 

Facsimile: (212) 549-2650 

Email: mpicasso@aclu.org 

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Kara Ingelhart* (Illinois Bar No. 6321949) 

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, 

Inc. 

105 W. Adams St., 26th Fl. 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Phone: (312) 663-4413 

Facsimile: (312) 663-4307 

Email: kingelhart@lambdalegal.org 

Peter C. Renn* (California Bar No. 247633) 

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, 

Inc. 

4221 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 280 

Los Angeles, CA 90010 

Phone: (213) 382-7600 

Facsimile: (213) 351-6050 

Email: prenn@lambdalegal.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

*Admitted Pro Hac Vice

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I certify that on April 22, 2021, the foregoing was filed electronically. Notice of this 

filing will be sent to all parties for whom counsel has entered an appearance by operation of the 

Court’s electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court’s system. 

/s/ Elizabeth Bonham

Elizabeth Bonham (0093733) 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

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