prison-overcrowding

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6193 Marie Assa'ad-Faltas v. South Carolina South Carolina 2022-12-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt-power contempt-powers due-process eighth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-trial prison-overcrowding Whether incarceration for up to six months for alleged indirect contempt without trial by jury is always per se cruel and unusual
20-459 Robert Ryan Snyder v. California California 2020-10-08 Denied administrative-law cell-assignment constitutional-rights due-process emergency-regulations equal-protection prison-overcrowding prisoner-conditions prisoner-rights sentencing-reform Should the extra living space created by California's prison population reduction measures be prioritized for long-serving or long-incarcerated prison…
20-5207 William Joe Long v. George Jaime, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection legislative-discretion prison-overcrowding separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause applies to all citizens when the government enacts legislation
18-6223 Martin Jonassen v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-04 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-procedure cell-conditions civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process facility-design habeas-corpus inmate-safety prison-conditions prison-overcrowding standing Whether the 5th Circuit erred in affirming the District Court's dismissal without a hearing and denial of petitioner's requests for injunctive and dec…