No. 19-7252

Clarence Joseph Jason v. Robert Tanner, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force inmate-safety prison-conditions qualified-immunity
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2020-03-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1). Whether a Prison "Too ontyo\ Poli [te ot O woon Oviso of fi ta 9 ya t\n Ve oi \i

2). What evidence must be adduced showing a prison officials "knew fellow inmate would attack" with swing bal blade?

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a prison's 'control policy' that allows inmates to attack other inmates violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment

Docket Entries

2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2019-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Clarence Jason
Clarence Joseph Jason — Petitioner