Hubbard v. Taylor

Appellants are pre-trial detainees housed at Delaware’s Multipurpose Criminal Justice Facility, known as “Gander Hill,” who appeal the order of the District Court granting summary judgment in favor of prison officials (“prison officials” or “Appellees,” collectively) based on qualified immunity. The detainees claim that certain conditions of confinement, specifically the practice at Gander Hill of housing three detainees in cells designed for one person (“triple-celling”), violate then-rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. When this case was initially before this court, we held that the…