Legal Opinion
Jones'El v. Berge
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 10, 2001No. 00-C-421-CPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, District Judge.
Inmates on Level One at the State of Wisconsin’s Supermax Correctional Institution in Boscobel, Wisconsin spend all but four hours a week confined to a cell. The “boxcar” style door on the cell is solid except for a shutter and a trap door that opens into the dead space of a vestibule through which a guard may transfer items to the inmate without interacting with him. The cells are illuminated 24 hours a day. Inmates receive no outdoor exercise. Their personal possessions are severely restricted: one religious text, one box of legal materials and 25…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Abbott Laboratories v. Mead Johnson & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Lavarita D. Meriwether v. Gordon H. FaulknerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Christopher J. Scarver v. Jon LitscherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
- Dennis E. Jones-El v. Gerald A. Berge, Matthew J. Frank, and Jon E. LitscherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Dodge v. County of OrangeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2003
- Kane v. WinnDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
- Wilkerson v. StalderDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 2007
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