Garrick Harrington v. A. Scribner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from a lockdown imposed on African American inmates at a California state prison after violent incidents involving inmates and guards. Garrick Harrington brought suit against prison officials under the Eighth Amendment for injuries he suffered related to shower restrictions and under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment for the race-based classification' of the lockdown. A jury found against him on both claims.
We consider the interplay between the Supreme Court’s teaching in Johnson v. California, 543 U.S. 499, 125 S.Ct. 1141,…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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