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MATTER OF WILLIAMS

No. 99344-1.

496 P.3d 289 (2021)

In the MATTER OF the Personal Restraint Petition of Robert Rufus WILLIAMS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed October 7, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline McMurtrie , Kaylan Lee Lovrovich , Washington Innocence Project, P.o. Box 85869, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Timothy John Feulner , Office of the Attorney General, 1125 Washington St. Se, P.o. Box 40116, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

Robert S. Chang , Melissa R. Lee , Jessica Levin , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave., Korematsu Center For Law & Equality, Seattle, WA, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Joe M.D. Goldenson.

Amy Irene Muth , Natalie D. Findley-Wolf , Law Office of Amy Muth, PLLC, 1000 2nd Ave. Ste. 3140, Seattle, WA, Antoinette M. Davis, Nancy Lynn Talner , Jaime Michelle Hawk , John Ballif Midgley , ACLU of Washington Foundation, P.o. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Aclu of Washington.

Nicholas Brian Allen , Nicholas Broten Straley , Janet S. Chung Columbia Legal Services, 101 Yesler Way Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Columbia Legal Services.

Neil Martin Fox , Law Office of Neil Fox, PLLC, 2125 Western Ave. Ste. 330, Seattle, WA, Jacob Parker Freeman , Attorney at Law, 415 1st Ave. N. Unit 9466, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.

Cindy Arends Elsberry , Alexandria Marie Hohman , The Washington Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Pl. S. Ste. 610, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defender Association.

Jose Dino Vasquez , Karr Tuttle Campbell, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 3300, Seattle, WA, Susanna M. Buergel , Darren W. Johnson , David C. Kimball-Stanley , Elizabeth A. Norford , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, Garrison, 1285 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Public Health and Human Rights Experts.

La Rond Baker , Katherine Elizabeth Hurley , King County Department of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, Brian Richard Flaherty , King County Department of Public Defense, 420 W. Harrison St. Ste. 202, Kent, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of King County Department of Public Defense.

¶1 In the midst of the global COVID-19 (coronavirus 2019) pandemic, Robert Rufus Williams filed a personal restraint petition (PRP) arguing that the conditions of his confinement constitute cruel punishment in violation of the state and federal constitutions. See WASH. CONST. art. I, § 14; U.S. CONST. amend. VIII. While...

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