Johnson v. Lewis, No. 98-16821 (9th Cir.) (217 F.3d 726) (June 29, 2000) (Judge William A. Fletcher)
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2000
published in Punch and Jurists
August 14, 2000
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
In these two consolidated class action, civil rights law suits, large numbers of inmates in Arizona were forced to spend several nights outdoors, lying on the ground, handcuffed, exposed to the elements, and without food and sanitation, following prison disturbances. In one case, the court noted that "For the …
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- U.S. v. Benavidez-Benavidez, No. 99-10270 (9th Cir.) (217 F.3d 720) (June 28, 2000) (Judge Sidney R. Thomas)
- U.S. v. Norris, No. 99-30689 (5th Cir.) (217 F.3d 262) (June 26, 2000) (Judge Will L. Garwood)
- U.S. v. Cherry, No. 99-7019 (10th Cir.) (217 F.3d 811) (June 12, 2000) (Judge Carlos Lucero)
- Johnson v. Lewis, No. 98-16821 (9th Cir.) (217 F.3d 726) (June 29, 2000) (Judge William A. Fletcher)
- A.C.L.U. v. Reno, No. 99-1324 (3rd Cir.) (217 F.3d 162) (June 22, 2000) (Judge Leonard I. Garth)
- U.S. v. Campos, No. 97-50635 (9th Cir.) (217 F.3d 707) (June 28, 2000) (Judge Sidney R. Thomas)
- U.S. v. Bruder, No. 98 CR 196 (E.D.N.Y.) (103 F.Supp.2d 155) (June 27, 2000) (Judge Eugene H. Nickerson)
- U.S. v. Halter, No. 99-3045 (8th Cir.) (217 F.3d 551) (July 3, 2000) (Judge Donald P. Lay)
- U.S. v. Wald, No. 99-4044 (10th Cir.) (216 F.3d 1222) (July 10, 2000) (Judge Michael R. Murphy)
- Williams v. Currie, No. 1:99CV00930 (M.D.N.C.) (103 F.Supp.2d 858) (July 5, 2000) (Judge Magistrate)
- U.S. v. Hamzat, No. 97-1987 (7th Cir.) (217 F.3d 494) (June 26, 2000) (Judge Diane P. Wood)
- LaJoie v. Thompson, No. 98-35919 (9th Cir.) (217 F.3d 663) (June 23, 2000) (Judge A. Wallace Tashima)
- U.S. v. Moss, No. 98-6042 (6th Cir.) (217 F.3d 426) (June 28, 2000) (Judge Denise Page Hood)
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