U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act CONSENT DECREE-TERMINATION.Castillo v. Cameron County, Tex., 238 F.3d 339(5th Cir. 2001). Pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. detainees and convicted inmates held at a jail brought a class action under [sections] 1983 against a county, state and various individuals, alleging that overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. at the jail resulted in cruel and unusual punishment Such punishment as would amount to torture or barbarity, any cruel and degrading punishment not known to the Common Law, or any fine, penalty, confinement, or treatment that is so disproportionate to the offense as to shock the moral sense of the community. . The state moved to terminate previously-entered injunctions and the district court dismissed the state from the action and ordered continuation of injunctive relief designed to reduce the jail population. The appeals court vacated the decision and remanded the case. The appeals court found that the order continuing injunctive relief was a "prisoner release order" within the meaning of the Prison Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Reform Act (PLRA PLRA Partido Liberal Radical Autentico (Paraguay) PLRA Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ) and that the state had standing the appeal the continuation of injunctive relief. The appeals court held that on remand, the district court must determine if a continuing and ongoing constitutional violation exists, and if so, whether the remaining requirements of PLRA are met. (Cameron County Jail, T exas) |
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