Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Sosa
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 20, 2011No. 08-1326PublishedCited by 238 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Mark Jordan was incarcerated in solitary confinement at the administrative maximum security facility in Florence, Colorado (“ADX”), when he commenced this action. Mr. Jordan was convicted of stabbing a fellow inmate while incarcerated in federal prison for several offenses, including three armed bank robberies. He brought a civil-rights action for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against specifically named officials of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331, to challenge the constitutionality of a statutory and…
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