VALENTINE v. COLLIER

No. 20-20525.

993 F.3d 270 (2021)

Laddy Curtis VALENTINE; Richard Elvin King, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bryan COLLIER; Robert Herrera; Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Keville , Brandon W. Duke , Basheer Youssef Ghorayeb , Robert L. Green , Corinne Stone Hockman , Denise U. Scofield , Attorneys, Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Aaron J. Curtis , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., New York, NY, Jeff S. Edwards , Edwards Law, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Matthew Hamilton Frederick , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Roberto Finzi , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Joseph Goldenson, Brie Williams, and M.S.

Brian D. East , Senior Attorney, Disability Rights Texas, Central Texas Regional Office, Austin, TX, L. Kym Davis Rogers , Disability Rights Texas, North Texas Regional Office, Dallas, TX, for Amici Curiae Disability Rights Texas, and Disability Rights Louisiana.

Geoffrey Neil Courtney , San Antonio, TX, for Amici Curiae Faith in Texas, Texas Impact, Erik K.J. Gronberg, Reverend, Scott Jones, Reverend, C. Andrew Doyle, Joel N. Martinez, Reverend, Shane Claiborne, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Art Laffin, Colleen McCarthy, Sojourners, and Witness Against Torture.

Laura L. Rovner , University of Denver, Denver, CO, for Amici Curiae Martin Horn, Steve Martin, Richard Morgan, Dan Pacholke, Jane Parnell, and Phil Stanley.

Before Davis, Stewart, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


This case returns to this Court on Defendants' appeal of the district court's permanent injunction against them following an 18-day bench trial. After a careful review of the record, we conclude that given the steps taken by Defendants before the end of trial, Plaintiffs failed to establish that they are entitled...

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