BRAGGS v. DUNN

CIVIL ACTION No. 2:14cv601-MHT.

562 F.Supp.3d 1178 (2021)

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 December 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Nicole Austin , Prison Law Office, Montgomery, AL, Patricia Clotfelter , William Glassell Somerville, III , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Birmingham, AL, William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), Tuscaloosa, AL, for Plaintiff Edward Braggs.

Patricia Clotfelter , William Glassell Somerville, III , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Birmingham, AL, William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), Tuscaloosa, AL, for Plaintiffs Tedrick Brooks, Gary Lee Broyles, Chandler Clements, Christopher Gilbert, Dwight Hagood, Sylvester Hartley, John Maner, Rick Martin, Willie McClendon, Roger McCoy, Jermaine Mitchell, Tommie Moore, Matthew Mork, Bradley Pearson, Turner Rogers, Timothy Sears, Brian Sellers, Augustus Smith, Hubert Tollar, 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.

Edward A. Bedard , Pro Hac Vice, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, Evan David Diamond , Pro Hac Vice, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY, Joshua Christopher Toll , Pro Hac Vice, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, Patricia Clotfelter, William Glassell Somerville, III , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Birmingham, AL, Rachel Sarah Rubens , King & Spalding, San Francisco, CA, William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), Tuscaloosa, AL, for Plaintiffs Christopher Jackson, Brandon Johnson, Leviticus Pruitt.

Anil Ashok Mujumdar , Dagney Johnson Law Group, Birmingham, AL, Andrea Jane Mixson , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, Rhonda C. Brownstein , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Bruce Warfield Hamilton , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, New Orleans, LA, Catherine E. Stetson , Pro Hac Vice, Neal Kumar Katyal , Pro Hac Vice, Jo-Ann Tamila Sagar , Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, Jasmin Louisa Mize , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Kristina Alekseyeva , Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells LLP, New York, NY, Leslie Faith Jones , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Jackson, MS, Mark S. Whitburn , Pro Hac Vice, Whitburn & Pevsner, PLLC, Arlington, TX, Patricia Clotfelter , Lisa Wright Borden, Anil Ashok Mujumdar , Dagney Johnson Law Group, William Glassell Somerville, III , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Birmingham, AL, Rhonda C. Brownstein , Susanne Emily Cordner , Pro Hac Vice, Ashley Nicole Austin , Brock Boone , Jonathan Michael Barry-Blocker , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Barbara Ann Lawrence , Lonnie Jason Williams , Sophia Leigh Hoppock , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), Tuscaloosa, AL, for Plaintiff All Plaintiffs.

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

David Randall Boyd , John Garland Smith , Balch & Bingham LLP, 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, Stephen Clarence Rogers , William Richard Lunsford , Matthew Reeves , Dustin David Key , Kenneth Scott Steely , LaKeisha W. Butler , Maynard Cooper and Gale PC, Huntsville, AL, for Defendant Deborah Crook.

David Randall Boyd , John Garland Smith , Balch & Bingham LLP, Joseph Gordon Stewart, Jr. , Stephanie Lynn Dodd Smithee , Alabama Department of Corrections, Legal Division, Montgomery, AL, Dustin David Key , Kenneth Scott Steely , LaKeisha W. Butler , Matthew Reeves , Stephen Clarence Rogers , William Richard Lunsford , Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, Huntsville, AL, Luther Maxwell Dorr, Jr. , Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Steven C. Corhern , Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant John Q. Hamm.


PHASE 2A OMNIBUS REMEDIAL OPINION

PART I.

I. INTRODUCTION...1191

II. BACKGROUND...1193

III. LEGAL STANDARD...1198

A. The "Current and Ongoing Violation" Standard...1199

B. Burdens of Proof...1201

C. The "Facility-by-Facility" Issue...1202...

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