JUSTICE 360 v. STIRLING

No. 21-2205.

42 F.4th 450 (2022)

JUSTICE 360, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bryan P. STIRLING, Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections; Alan Wilson, South Carolina Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lindsey Caroline Ruff , BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. Kevin Alan Hall , WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jared K. Carter , First Amendment Clinic, CORNELL LAW SCHOOL, Ithaca, New York; John D. Kassel, KASSEL McVEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Alan Wilson , Attorney General, Robert D. Cook , Solicitor General, J. Emory Smith, Jr. , Deputy Solicitor General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina; M. Todd Carrell , Bryant S. Caldwell , WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, for Appellees.

Vacated and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Judge Richardson and Judge Quattlebaum have joined.


Justice 360 offers post-conviction representation to South Carolina's death-row inmates. In the case before us, it brings no claims on behalf of those clients, and none of them is a party. Instead, Justice 360 acts solely on its own behalf. The organization's Amended Complaint alleges that South Carolina Code § 24-3-580...

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