Case: Dewalt v. Hooks

19 CVS 14089 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: 2019

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Case Summary

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In October 2019, four people who had spent years in solitary confinement in North Carolina prisons filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the state’s use of the practice as a violation of the state constitution’s ban on cruel or unusual punishment. They were represented by North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services (NCPLS) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina. 

People


Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Greenfield, Daniel M (Illinois)

Holmes, Scott (North Carolina)

Ram, Megha (District of Columbia)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

0:19-14089

Brief of Professors Sharon Dolovich, Margo Schlanger, and John Stinneford as Amicus Curiae

Nov. 26, 2020

Nov. 26, 2020

Pleading / Motion / Brief

Docket

Last updated Aug. 30, 2023, 3:01 p.m.

Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.

Case Details

State / Territory:

North Carolina

Case Type(s):

Prison Conditions

Special Collection(s):

Solitary confinement

Key Dates

Filing Date: 2019

Case Details

Other Dockets:

North Carolina state trial court 19 CVS 14089

Issues

Jails, Prisons, Detention Centers, and Other Institutions:

Solitary confinement/Supermax (conditions or process)

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