Legal Opinion
Thomas Porter v. Harold Clarke
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2017No. 16-7044PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Thomas Porter, Anthony Juniper, and Mark Lawlor 1 (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) — three inmates on Virginia’s death row — alleged that their conditions of confinement amounted to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. After Plaintiffs filed their complaint, Defendants Harold Clarke, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections (“Director Clarke”), and Darren Zook, Warden of Sussex I State Prison (‘Warden Zook,” and collectively with Director Clarke, “Defendants”), substantially changed the policies governing the conditions of…
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