BRAGGS v. DUNN

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14cv601-MHT.

483 F.Supp.3d 1136 (2020)

Edward BRAGGS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jefferson S. DUNN, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

Signed September 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Philip Walsh , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Vestavia Hills, AL, Maria Viette Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Patricia Clotfelter , William Glassell Somerville, III , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Birmingham, AL, William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), Tuscaloosa, AL, for Plaintiffs Edward. Braggs, Tedrick Brooks, Gary Lee Broyles, Chandler Clements, Christopher Gilbert, Dwight Hagood, Sylvester Hartley, Christopher Jackson, Brandon Johnson, John Maner, Rick Martin, Willie McClendon, Roger McCoy, Jennaine Mitchell, Tommie Moore, Matthew Mork, Bradley Pearson, Leviticus Pruitt, Turner Rogers, Timothy Sears, Brian Sellers, Augustus Smith, Hubert Toliar, Daniel Tooley, Joseph Torres, Donald Ray Turner, Jamie Wallace, Robert Myniasha Williams, Roger Moseley, Quang Bui; Charlie Henderson, Sheila Allen, William Sullivan, Serena English, Valerie Wheeler, Justin Hall, Raymond Bosarge, Cordara Dunner, Karen Norris, Cherritha Harris, Brittany Ellis, Tomas Snyder.

Anil Ashok Mujumdar , Dagney Johnson Law Group, Gregory Martin Zarzaur , Zarzaur Mujumdar & Debrosse, Denise Wiginton , Zarzaur, Birmingham, AL, Diandra S. Debrosse Zimmermann , Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE, Glenn Nelson Baxter , Andrea Jane Mixson , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, Rhonda C. Brownstein , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Andrew Philip Walsh , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Vestavia Hills, AL, Caitlin J. Sandley , Maria Viette Morris , Brock Boone , Jonathan Michael Barry-Blocker , Lynnette Kim Miner , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Patricia Clotfelter , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Anil Ashok Mujumdar , Dagney Johnson Law Group, Lisa Wright Borden , William Glassell Somerville, III , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Birmingham, AL, William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Ashley Nicole Austin , Barbara Ann Lawrence , Lonnie Jason Williams , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, for Plaintiff All Plaintiffs.

David Randall Boyd , John Garland Smith , Balch & Bingham LLP, Elizabeth Anne Sees , Gary Lee Willford, Jr. , Joseph Gordon Stewart, Jr. , Stephanie Lynn Dodd Smithee , Alabama Department of Corrections Legal, Montgomery, AL, Luther Maxwell Dorr, Jr. , Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Steven C. Corhern , Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, AL, Matthew Reeves , William Richard Lunsford , Melissa K. Marler , Melissa Neri , Pro Hac Vice, Stephen Clarence Rogers , Dustin David Key , Kenneth Scott Steely , Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, Huntsville, AL, for Defendants Ruth Naglich, Jefferson S. Dunn.

David Randall Boyd , John Garland Smith , Balch & Bingham LLP, Elizabeth Anne Sees , Joseph Gordon Stewart, Jr. , Alabama Department of Corrections, Montgomery, AL, Matthew Reeves , William Richard Lunsford , Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, Huntsville, AL, Stelien C. Corhern , Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant Alabama Department of Corrections.


PHASE 2A OPINION AND ORDER ON MONITORING OF EIGHTH AMENDMENT REMEDY

Previously, this court found that the State of Alabama provides inadequate mental-health care in its prisons in violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. See Braggs v. Dunn...

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