Legal Opinion
Braggs v. Dunn
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided May 4, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14cv601-MHT (WO)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
In this long-standing lawsuit, the court previously found that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has failed to provide adequate mental-health care to inmates in its custody in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. See Braggs v. Dunn , 257 F. Supp. 3d 1171 (M.D. Ala. 2017) (Thompson, J.), Braggs v. Dunn , No. 2:14CV601-MHT, 2019 WL 539050, 367 F. Supp. 3d 1340 (M.D. Ala. Feb. 11, 2019) (Thompson, J.). More recently, in the wake of 15 inmate suicides in a 15-month period, the plaintiffs asked for immediate…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- County of Los Angeles v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brown v. PlataSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Klay v. United Healthgroup, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Abrams v. DunnDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2021
- Braggs v. HammDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2020
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