Lakesha L. Norington v. Indiana Department of Corrections

── Lakesha L. Norington v. Indiana Department of Corrections ── Case No.: 24A-MI-02026 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 31, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Pyle and Judge Weissmann concur After the trial court granted Norington’s unverified request to prohibit public access of the petition for name change, on August 24, 2023, Norington confidentially filed a petition requesting (1) his name be changed from “Shawntrell Marcel Norington” to “Lakesha Lasure Norington” and (2) the 1 Throughout this Decision, we use Norington’s legal name instead of the name he was requesting. Additionally, we are using the pronouns that match his identified sex in the criminal causes for which he is an inmate.