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YATES v. COLLIER

No. 16-20505.

868 F.3d 354 (2017)

Marvin Ray YATES; Keith Cole; Jackie Brannum; Richard Elvin King; Fred Wallace; Lavar John Santee, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bryan COLLIER; Roberto M. Herrera; Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 18, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff S. Edwards , David James , Scott Charles Medlock , Michael C. Singley , Edwards Law, Austin, TX, Jeremy Leon Doyle, Esq. , Nathan Mark Smith , Reynolds Frizzell, L.L.P., Wallis Nader , Texas Civil Rights Project, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Matthew Hamilton Frederick , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Cynthia Lee Burton , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Law Enforcement Defense Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before REAVLEY, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

This appeal presents yet another chapter in a long saga of challenges to conditions of confinement in prisons throughout this circuit. The plaintiffs are inmates in the Wallace Pack Unit, a prison operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. They allege violations of the Eighth Amendment, the Americans...

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