Principal Law:

Eighth Amendment

3 Cases found

Shafer v. Sanchez

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Tex.
Status: Motion for preliminary and permanent injunctions denied. [ 01/17/2023 ]
Description: Texas state prison inmate's lawsuit alleging that exposure to excessive heat and humidty and rodent and roach infestations constituted unsafe and unhealthy conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Cole v. Collier

Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Tex.
Status: Preliminary injunction granted in memorandum and opinion setting out findings of fact and conclusions of law. [ 07/19/2017 ]
Description: Action brought by inmates in a Texas state prison challenging the extreme heat conditions in the prison as a violation of the Eighth Amendment.