Legal Opinion
Victor Parsons v. Charles Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2014No. 13-16396PublishedCited by 337 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The defendants, senior officials of the Arizona Department of Corrections (“ADC”), appeal an order certifying a class and a subclass of inmates in Arizona’s prison system who claim that they are subject to systemic Eighth Amendment violations. The inmates allege that numerous policies and practices of statewide application governing medical care, dental care, mental health care, and conditions of confinement in isolation cells expose them to a substantial risk of serious harm to which the defendants are deliberately indifferent. The inmates seek declaratory and…
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