Legal Opinion
David Bailey v. Bryan Collier
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 18, 2017No. 16-20505PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents yet another chapter in a long saga of challenges to conditions of confinement in prisons throughout this circuit. The plaintiffs are inmates in the Wallace Pack Unit, a prison operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. They allege violations of the Eighth Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act due to the high temperatures in the prison housing areas. Plaintiffs sought, and the district court granted, certification of a general class and two subclasses, and the defendants now appeal.…
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