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
Greenfield, Daniel M (Illinois)
Holmes, Scott (North Carolina)
Ram, Megha (District of Columbia)
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Docket
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Key Dates
Filing Date: 2019
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North Carolina state trial court 19 CVS 14089
Issues
Jails, Prisons, Detention Centers, and Other Institutions:
Solitary confinement/Supermax (conditions or process)
Case Summary of Dewalt v. Hooks, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/17297/.