Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Ponder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 16, 2010No. 09-15522PublishedCited by 481 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Opinion by Judge FREIEDMAN.
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Otis Thomas brought this suit seeking to establish that prison officials (individually and collectively “prison officials”) violated his Eighth Amendment rights by denying him outdoor exercise for 13 months and 25 days while he was in a maximum security *1146housing unit. The prison officials conditioned Thomas’s access to outdoor exercise upon his signing a “pledge form” promising that he would not engage in violence while participating in prison programs. Thomas signed contemporaneous interview forms promising…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Lopez v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Helling v. McKinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by481 opinions
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