Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 13, 2023No. Civil Action No. 2022-1098Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JONTE ROBINSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 22-1098 (TJK) FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER For many years, the Bureau of Prisons, or BOP, assessed kidney function differently for black inmates than for non-black inmates. Plaintiffs—one former and one current black inmate whose kidneys were assessed under that method—sue BOP because they say that policy caused them medical injuries and resulted in denial of their compassionate-release requests. They claim that BOP’s race-based…
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