LINCOLN — A transgender inmate is suing the State of Nebraska and prison officials for failing to protect her during the 2015 Mother’s Day riot at the Tecumseh State Prison.

The inmate alleges that she was raped by multiple prisoners after staff evacuated the building. The suit claims that rioting inmates pulled her from her housing unit, which was on fire, and put her in a cell near where two other inmates were being tortured and killed.

The suit also claims that prison officials have continually denied her treatment for her gender dysphoria.

The inmate, who is now at the Omaha Correctional Center, filed the suit under the name “Jane Doe” as an alleged sexual assault victim. She initially filed in Douglas County District Court.

Attorneys for the state got the case moved to U.S. District Court because it involves allegations that the state had violated her federal constitutional rights to due process and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.

The 2015 Tecumseh riot broke out on the afternoon of May 10, when prisoners from multiple housing units refused to return to their cells after being released to get medications. Trapped prison staff had to be rescued and all staff were evacuated from the area, leaving prisoners to fend for themselves.