Brown v. Plata, No. 09–1233.
| Court | United States Supreme Court |
| Writing for the Court | Justice KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court. |
| Citation | 563 U.S. 493,131 S.Ct. 1910,179 L.Ed.2d 969 |
| Parties | Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Appellants, v. Marciano PLATA et al. |
| Docket Number | No. 09–1233. |
| Decision Date | 23 May 2011 |
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Livas v. Myers, CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:20-CV-00422
...cases relating to the litigation of prison conditions under Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"), 18 U.S.C. § 3626. See Brown v. Plata , 563 U.S. 493, 131 S.Ct. 1910, 179 L.Ed.2d 969 (2011) (addressing Eighth Amendment violations of prison conditions in California state prisons under the P......
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Sagoonick v. State, S-17297
...made with access to information beyond limited trial court record). [106] Id. [107] Id. at 1098. [108] Alaska Const. art. VIII, §1. [109] 563 U.S. 493, 509-10, 533 (2011). [110] Id. at 51 1; see also 18 U.S.C. § 3626(a). [111] See Plata, 563 U.S. at 511. [112] Plaintiffs also cite several U......
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Aji P. v. State, No. 80007-8-I
...no true right to a healthful and pleasant environment. Thus, neither case is persuasive.¶ 25 The Youths disagree and cite Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493, 131 S. Ct. 1910, 179 L. Ed. 2d 969 (2011), contending that "[a]s in Plata, the Superior Court can set the constitutional floor necessary fo......
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In re Riley, A137349
...sentenced prison population necessary to comply with the directive of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Plata (2011) 563 U.S. ––––, 131 S.Ct. 1910, 179 L.Ed.2d 969 indeterminately sentenced prisoners will constitute close to one-third of the total population. The growth in the number of indeter......
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Livas v. Myers, CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:20-CV-00422
...cases relating to the litigation of prison conditions under Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"), 18 U.S.C. § 3626. See Brown v. Plata , 563 U.S. 493, 131 S.Ct. 1910, 179 L.Ed.2d 969 (2011) (addressing Eighth Amendment violations of prison conditions in California state prisons under the P......
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Sagoonick v. State, S-17297
...made with access to information beyond limited trial court record). [106] Id. [107] Id. at 1098. [108] Alaska Const. art. VIII, §1. [109] 563 U.S. 493, 509-10, 533 (2011). [110] Id. at 51 1; see also 18 U.S.C. § 3626(a). [111] See Plata, 563 U.S. at 511. [112] Plaintiffs also cite several U......
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Aji P. v. State, No. 80007-8-I
...no true right to a healthful and pleasant environment. Thus, neither case is persuasive.¶ 25 The Youths disagree and cite Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493, 131 S. Ct. 1910, 179 L. Ed. 2d 969 (2011), contending that "[a]s in Plata, the Superior Court can set the constitutional floor necessary fo......
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In re Riley, A137349
...sentenced prison population necessary to comply with the directive of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Plata (2011) 563 U.S. ––––, 131 S.Ct. 1910, 179 L.Ed.2d 969 indeterminately sentenced prisoners will constitute close to one-third of the total population. The growth in the number of indeter......
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36 books & journal articles
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Can the U.S. Constitution Encompass a Right to a Stable Climate?
...in the Courtroom, Issues in Sci. and Tech., No. 4 52, 53 (Summer 2000). (114.) Brown v. Bd. of Educ., 347 U.S. at 495; cf. Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493, 526 (115.) Barry E. Hill No Ordinary Lawsuit, 35 Env't F. 27, 30 (2018). (116.) Amended Complaint, Juliana v. United States, No. 6:15-cv-0......
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Passive Avoidance.
...and plurality opinions that invoked the avoidance canon, see Perry v. Perez, 565 U.S. 388, 395 (2012) (per curiam); Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493, 526 (2011); Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358, 405-06 (2010); Nw. Austin, 557 U.S. at 205-06; Hawaii v. Office of Haw. Affairs, 556 U.S. 16......
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Free-World Law Behind Bars.
...(replacing the daily fee of $60 charged to people sentenced to county jail with a flat fee of $60). (289.) Compare Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493 (2011) (holding that a court-mandated population limit was necessary to remedy a violation of prisoners' Eighth Amendment rights), with Barnes v. A......
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THE HORROR CHAMBER: UNQUALIFIED IMPUNITY IN PRISON.
...(113) Id. at *18 (114) Id. at *4 (citations omitted). (115) Id. at *8 (alteration in original) (citation omitted). (116) Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493, 503-06 (117) Id. at 503-04. (118) Id. at 504. (119) Id. at 505 (quoting KENT IMAI, CAL. PRISON HEALTH CARE RECEIVERSHIP CORP., ANALYSIS OF C......
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