Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Velasquez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 28, 2008No. 06-40426PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Per curiam
Robert Z. Hernandez, Texas prisoner # 837364, brought this § 1983 action against Defendants, alleging violations of his Eighth Amendment and due process rights. The district court granted summary judgment to all Defendants, and Hernandez appeals. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In March 2002, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”) officials received information that two rival Hispanic gangs, the Texas Syndicate (“TS”) and the Raza Unida (“RU”) were planning a gang war. Security Threat Group (“STG”) officers in each prison unit were ordered to compile lists of all known, suspected, and affiliated…
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