No. 18-9052
Neil Grenning v. James Key, Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment institutional-lighting prison-conditions prisoner-rights sleep-deprivation writ-of-certiorari
Latest Conference:
2019-06-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
Should this Court grant writ of certiorari where lower courts have no guidance on what level of 24—hour lighting is appropriate in prisons so as not to violate the Eighth Amendment, and have therefore upheld bright lighting conditions in spite of serious harms, including sleep deprivation recognized as a form of torture?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should this Court grant writ of certiorari where lower courts have no guidance on what level of 24-hour lighting is appropriate in prisons so as not to violate the Eighth Amendment, and have therefore upheld bright lighting conditions in spite of serious harms, including sleep deprivation recognized as a form of torture?
Docket Entries
2019-08-23
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-08-01
DISTRIBUTED.
2019-07-03
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
2019-05-13
Waiver of right of respondents James Key, et al. to respond filed.
2019-04-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 31, 2019)
Attorneys
James Key, et al.
John Joseph Samson — Respondent
Neil Grenning
Neil Grenning — Petitioner