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Porter v. Clarke, No. 16-7044 (4th Cir.) (852 F.3d 358) (March 24, 2017) (Judge James A. Jr. Wynn)

This is an interesting decision in which the Fourth Circuit vacated a district court ruling that dismissed a Bivens action against prison officials over the conditions of confinement of death row inmates at several Virginia prisons. Essentially, the Court rejected the district court’s conclusion that the prisons’ voluntary cessation of ...

 

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