Neil Grenning v. James Key, Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center, et al.
DueProcess Punishment
Should this Court grant writ of certiorari where lower courts have no guidance on what level of 24-hour lighting is appropriate in prisons so as not to violate the Eighth Amendment, and have therefore upheld bright lighting conditions in spite of serious harms, including sleep deprivation recognized as a form of torture?
QUESTION PRESENTED ‘ Should this Court grant writ of certiorari where lower courts have no guidance on what level of 24-hour lighting is appropriate in prisons so as not to violate the Eighth Amendment, and have therefore upheld bright lighting : conditions in spite of serious harms, including sleep deprivation recognized as a form of torture? PARTIES The petitioner is Neil Grenning, a prisoner at the Airway Heights : Corrections Center in Airway Heights, Washington. The defendants are Maggie Miller-Stout, former superintendent at Airway Heights Corrections Center, and : Fred Fox, an employee at Airway Heights Corrections Center. Petition for writ i