SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (April 17, 2012)--South Dakota prison inmate Dean Cochrun is suing the hospital where he was circumcised as a newborn, claiming the procedure has robbed him of his sexual prowess.

The suit asks for $1,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.

Cochrun is acting as his own lawyer.

The lawsuit also requests that his circumcision be reversed.