Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Fri 18 SepCASE

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S.D. V. REESE

— STAFF
We agree with Defendants that the district court committed clear error. The record does not support the district court’s finding that Defendants applied a “presumption.” Nor does the record justify class-wide relief. We vacate the preliminary injunction and direct that the class be decertified.

9th Cir. · vacated

Whether statistical disparity alone shows a prison policy of default male housing supporting class-wide Eighth Amendment injunctive relief.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10975732/sd-v-reese/