BALL v. LeBLANC

No. 14-30067.

792 F.3d 584 (2015)

Elzie BALL; Nathaniel Code; James Magee, Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants v. James M. LeBLANC, Secretary, Department of Public Safety and Corrections; Burl Cain, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary; Angela Norwood, Warden of Death Row; Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mercedes Hardy Montagnes , Elizabeth Claire O'Kane Compa , Promise of Justice Initiative, Cecelia Trenticosta Kappel , Capital Appeals Project, New Orleans, LA, Nilay U. Vora (argued), Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, & Linceberg, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Grant Joseph Guillot (argued), Edmond Wade Shows , Assistant Attorney General, Shows, Cali & Walsh, L.L.P., Carlton Jones, III , Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, A.L.C., Edmond Wade Shows , Asst. Atty. General, shows, Cali & Walsh, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Brian D. East , Senior Attorney, Scott Charles Medlock, Austin, TX, Erin Helene Flynn, Esq. , Washington, DC, Hiren Pravinchandra Patel , Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae

Before REAVLEY, JONES and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


In 2006, Louisiana built a new state-of-the-art prison facility to house death-row inmates. The cells in that facility, located in Angola, Louisiana, lack air conditioning. Three inmates sued the Louisiana Department of Corrections (the "State") and various prison officials in their official capacities,

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