Adree EDMO, aka Mason Edmo, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CORIZON, INC.; Scott Eliason; Murray Young; Catherine Whinnery, Defendants-Appellants, and
Idaho Department of Corrections; Al Ramirez, in his official capacity as warden of Idaho State Correctional Institution; Henry Atencio; Jeff Zmuda; Howard Keith Yordy; Richard Craig; Rona Siegert, Defendants.
Adree Edmo, aka Mason Edmo, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Idaho Department of Corrections; Al Ramirez, in his official capacity as warden of Idaho State Correctional Institution; Henry Atencio; Jeff Zmuda; Howard Keith Yordy; Richard Craig; Rona Siegert, Defendants-Appellants, and
Corizon, Inc.; Scott Eliason; Murray Young; Catherine Whinnery, Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted May 16, 2019 San Francisco, California.
Filed August 23, 2019.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Brady J. Hall (argued), Special Deputy Attorney General; Lawrence G. Wasden , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Boise, Idaho; Marisa S. Crecelius , Moore Elia Kraft & Hall LLP, Boise, Idaho; for Defendants-Appellants Idaho Department of Corrections, Henry Atencio, Jeff Zmuda, Howard Keith Yordy, Richard Craig, and Rona Siegert.
Dylan A. Eaton (argued), J. Kevin West , and Bryce Jensen , Parsons Behle & Latimer, Boise, Idaho, for Defendants-Appellants Corizon, Inc.; Scott Eliason; Murray Young; and Catherine Whinnery.
Alan E. Schoenfeld , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, New York; Michael Posada , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.; Richard Saenz , Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc., New York, New York; A. Chinyere Ezie , Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York; for Amici Curiae Civil Rights & Non-Profit Organizations.
Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
The Eighth Amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishments." U.S. Const. amend. VIII. "The Amendment embodies broad and idealistic concepts of dignity, civilized standards, humanity, and decency...." Estelle v. Gamble,429 U.S. 97, 102, 97 S.Ct. 285, 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976) (quotation omitted). Our society recognizes that prisoners "retain the essence of human dignity inherent in all persons." ...
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