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PRIETO v. CLARKE

Nos. 13-8021, 14-6226.

780 F.3d 245 (2015)

Alfredo PRIETO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold CLARKE, Director; A. David Robinson, Deputy Director; E. Pearson, Warden, Defendants-Appellants. Toni V. Bair; F. Warren Benton; Kathleen M. Dennehy; Brian Jason Fischer; Martin F. Horn; Steve J. Martin; Chase Riveland; Reginald A. Wilkinson; Jeanne Woodford, Amici Supporting Appellee. Alfredo Prieto, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold Clarke, Director; A. David Robinson, Deputy Director; E. Pearson, Warden, Defendants-Appellants. Toni V. Bair; F. Warren Benton; Kathleen M. Dennehy; Brian Jason Fischer; Martin F. Horn; Steve J. Martin; Chase Riveland; Reginald A. Wilkinson; Jeanne Woodford, Amici Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 10, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stuart Alan Raphael , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. Michael E. Bern , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mark R. Herring , Attorney General of Virginia, Cynthia E. Hudson , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Linda L. Bryant , Deputy Attorney General, Public Safety & Enforcement, Richard C. Vorhis , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kate E. Dwyre , Assistant Attorney General, Trevor S. Cox , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. Abid R. Qureshi , Katherine M. Gigliotti , Daniel I. Levy , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Rebecca K. Glenberg , Hope R. Amezquita , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Amy Fettig , Helen Vera , American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Reversed by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Shedd joined. Judge Wynn wrote a dissenting opinion.

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