United States v. Bout

OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

After fifteen months in solitary confinement with extremely minimal human contact and mobility, Viktor Bout requests that he be transferred to general population. The Supreme Court has noted that “[pjrison walls do not form a barrier separating prison inmates from the protections of the Constitution” and that “‘[w]hen a prison ... practice offends a fundamental constitutional guarantee, federal courts will discharge their duty to protect constitutional rights.’ ” 1 Because I “cannot simply defer to the Warden and abandon my duty to uphold…