kosalek who was convicted of murder in 1990 of wife, cheryl. her request for medical care date back when she was first incarcerated. the court said the surgery is the only adequate care and failing to provide it, violates her constitutional rights. joining me now on the phone from massachusetts, boston globe reporter milton valencia, milton, with the back and forth and now with the federal appeals court upholding the ruling. is this a done deal? the state spent a lot of money challenging this unbeingfully. they can bring this before and you had 90 judges sitting on the panel. they can bring this to the u.s. supreme court and they can decide. it s the battle. do they want to pick this or
they brought a million dollars in legal fees. does the state want to continue the losing battle or want to provide what has been ordered by the courts? that s where we stand now. they are looking at this and that s where we stand. this has been milton s long fought battle as you point out this morning and struggled for years and years feeling that she was a woman in a man s body. do me a favor and walk me through the back story. michelle was convicted of murdering her wife. she was robin at that time and she changed her name and she identifies as a woman. she said this has been a lifelong battle. when she received treatment, she started to improve. she twice tried to kill herself and cast rate herself and once she started to get treatment in prison and it was court ordered, she started to improve and her