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U.S. v. Bout, No. 08 CR 365(SAS) (S.D.N.Y.) (860 F.Supp.2d 303) (February 24, 2012) (Judge Shira A. Scheindlin)

Loaded on Nov. 26, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists November 26, 2012
Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Punch And Jurists.

In America, it has become a cardinal operating principle of the courts that they will rarely interfere with the decisions of prison administrators about prison conditions - no matter how harsh or arbitrary those conditions may appear to be. And that guiding principle has become virtually immutable, in large part …

 

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  1. U.S. v. Bout, No. 08 CR 365(SAS) (S.D.N.Y.) (860 F.Supp.2d 303) (February 24, 2012) (Judge Shira A. Scheindlin)
  2. U.S. v. Corey, No. 12-20184-CR (S.D.Fla.) (861 F.Supp.2d 1341) (May 16, 2012) (Judge Federico A. Moreno)
  3. Vance v. Rumsfeld, No. 10-1687 (7th Cir.) (701 F.3d 193) (November 7, 2012) (Judge Frank H. Easterbrook)
  4. U.S. v. Godat, No. 11-3536 (8th Cir.) (688 F.3d 399) (August 8, 2012) (Judge Raymond W. Gruender)
  5. U.S. v. Maloney, No. 11-50311 (9th Cir.) (699 F.3d 1130) (November 14, 2012) (Judge N. Randy Smith)

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