Whether decades of solitary confinement can violate the Eighth Amendment

question presented is: Whether decades of solitary confinement can, under some circumstances, violate the Eighth Amendment, as at least five circuits have held, or whether solitary confinement can never run afoul of the Eighth Amendment, as the court below and three other circuits have held. II. Mr. Hope alleges that the regular “reviews” of his isolation are sham proceedings, where officials sign off on his continuing isolation without even bothering to review his file. The court below held— again, 2-1—that those proceedings comply with the Due Process Clause. The second question presented is: Whether the Due Process Clause requires hearings where prison officials are open to the possibility of a different outcome, as at least seven circuits have held, or whether a hearing that rubber-stamps a prisoner’s placement suffices, as the court below held. @)