A transgender inmate in a federal prison sued over an executive order by President Donald Trump directing inmates to be housed in prisons that correspond to their biological sex.

The lawsuit, filed Sunday in a federal court in Boston by a biologically male inmate who identifies as a woman, targets an order by Trump signed on Jan. 20 that is meant to combat “gender ideology extremism” by directing the federal government only to recognize two distinct biological sexes.

The inmate is seeking immediate court relief after the Bureau of Prisons relocated the plaintiff to a special housing unit pending transfer to a men’s facility, the lawsuit states.

“Without the injunctive relief sought, Maria Moe will experience irreparable injury,” according to the legal challenge filed by a coalition of pro-LGBT civil rights groups, stating the inmate is at an “extremely high risk of harassment, abuse, violence, and sexual assault.”

Recognized under the pseudonym Marie Moe in court papers, the prisoner is described as someone who began the transition process in middle school, began taking feminizing hormones at age 15, and has been housed in a facility designated for women ever since the defendant was convicted. 

The lawsuit does not mention what the inmate was convicted for but states the inmate was incarcerated in a low-security federal prison and has “no violent disciplinary history,” presents “no threat” to female peers, and has not been accused of “disruption or interference with prison operations.”

In addition to being housed in a different prison complex, lawyers for Maria Moe say the BOP was poised to cut off access to the inmate’s long-standing hormone treatment for gender dysphoria.

Critics of Trump’s move have pointed to examples of inmates who identify as women who have suffered injury and sexual assault by other male inmates. For instance, a transgender prison inmate in June received a $10,000 judgment after filing a civil rights lawsuit in response to an alleged attempted rape in July 2019, according to the Associated Press.

Conversely, there have been instances in both Canada and the United Kingdom in which males identifying as women have been accused of sexually assaulting women.

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As of Monday, the case was sealed from public viewing on the federal court docket, and it is unclear if and when it will be made public again, according to the Law Dork blog, which obtained a copy of the complaint before it was sealed off.

The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr., an appointee of former President Bill Clinton.