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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a circumcision lawsuit from the state of North Dakota.
Mervin Gajewski, 78, was in a Watford City hospital when in he heard the blood-curdling screams of a newborn boy who was suffering the extreme [[pain]] of an unanesthetized , medically-unnecessary , non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. He later decided to sue the State of North Dakota in an effort to get these cruel procedures halted in North Dakota. The court, however, ruled that a 78-year-old man was not representative of newborn infant [[intact]] boys so he lacked standing to sue and his case was dismissed.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=North Dakota Man Sues to Stop Infant Circumcision
|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2005/2005-05-22_theforum.php
|quote=
}}</ref>
==Appeal==<ref>{{REFweb |url=Gajewski appealed the dismissal to the [https://caselawwww.findlawndcourts.com/courtgov/nd-supreme-court/1549480.html |title=Mervin Gajewski as next friend Supreme Court of all North Dakotans including intact minor malesDakota], Plaintiff and Appellant vhowever the dismissal was upheld. Wayne Stenehjem, Attorney General, Defendants and Appellees (2010) |publisher=Findlaw |date=2010 |accessdate=2023-08-07}}</ref> <ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/north-dakota/supreme-court/2010/20100231.html
|title=Gajewski v. State
|init=
|publisher=Justia
|date=2010
|accessdate=2023-08-07
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nd-supreme-court/1549480.html
|title=Mervin Gajewski as next friend of all North Dakotans including intact minor males, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Wayne Stenehjem, Attorney General, Defendants and Appellees (2010)
|publisher=Findlaw
|date=2010
|accessdate=2023-08-07
}}</ref>
The case was dismissed based on procedural issues. The merits of the case were never considered by any court.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Fishbeck v. North Dakota]]
* [[United States of America]]
{{REF}}
[[Category:Lawsuit]]
[[Category:Litigation over circumcision]]
[[Category:Pain]]
[[Category:USA]]