Legal Opinion
Russell v. Harris County, Texas
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 31, 2023No. 4:19-cv-00226Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT August 31, 2023 FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk HOUSTON DIVISION § DWIGHT RUSSELL, et al., § § Plaintiffs, § v. § CIVIL ACTION NO. H-19-226 § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, et al., § § Defendants. § MEMORANDUM AND ORDER “The reason that prisons are filled with poor people, and that rich people rarely go to prison, is not because the rich have better lawyers than the poor. It is because prison is for the poor, and not the rich.”1 “At least 21 inmates died while in custody at the [Harris County] jail in 2021 . . . . Another 28 inmates died…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- County of Los Angeles v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Timbs v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
- New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 2020
- Maranda ODonnell v. Harris County, Texas, eCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
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