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Brown Vs. Plata

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 16, 2011

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  13. Brown, et al. v. Plata
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  14. Et Al. Syllabus October Term, 2010 Brown V. Plata
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  15. population was almost double that. The resulting conditions are the subject of two federal class actions. In Coleman v. Brown
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  16. s prisons was deteriorating due to increased overcrowding. In Plata v. Brown
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  17. adequate medical care, the courts have a responsibility to remedy the resulting Eighth Amendment violation. See Hutto v. Finney
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  18. to determine the authority of a court below, including whether a three-judge court was properly constituted. Gonzalez v. Automatic
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  19. Board of Trustees of State Univ. of N. Y. v. Fox
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  20. which Thomas, J., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., joined. Brown v. Plata
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  21. Opinion of the Court Brown V. Plata
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  22. Court of the United States No. 09-1233 Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of Cal- Ifornia, Et Al., Appellants V. Marciano
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  23. Federal District Courts. The first involves the class of prisoners with serious mental disorders. That case is Coleman v. Brown
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  24. The second involves prisoners with serious medical conditions. That case is Plata v. Brown
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  25. unnecessary pain. B These conditions are the subject of two federal cases. The first to commence, Coleman v. Brown
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  26. in California prisons. Coleman v. Wilson
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  27. Id., at 489. C The second action, Plata v. Brown
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  28. and the Court postponed consideration of the question of jurisdiction to the hearing on the merits. Schwarzenegger v. Plata
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  29. U. S. 304 , 311 (2002) (quoting Trop v. Dulles
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  30. this obligation, the courts have a responsibility to remedy the resulting Eighth Amendment violation. See Hutto v. Finney
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  31. administrators faced with the difficult and dangerous task of housing large numbers of convicted criminals. See Bell v. Wolfish
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  32. C. Wright, A. Miller, E. Cooper, & v. Amar
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  33. s legal determinations is de novo , but factual findings are reviewed for clear error. See Anderson v. Bessemer
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  34. Id., at 573 (quoting United States v. United
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  35. including whether the three-judge court was properly constituted. Gonzalez v. Automatic
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  36. Employees Credit Union , 419 U. S. 90 , 95, n. 12 (1974) (quoting Bailey v. Patterson
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  37. see also Gully v. Interstate
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  38. Inmates of Occoquan v. Barry
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  39. s primary cause determination is deferential. Salve Regina College v. Russell
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  40. render population limits unavailable in practice would raise serious constitutional concerns. See, e.g., Bowen v. Michigan
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  41. orders that unnecessarily reach out to improve prison conditions other than those that violate the Constitution. Lewis v. Casey
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  42. out to control the treatment of persons or institutions beyond the scope of the violation. See Dayton Bd. of Ed. v. Brinkman
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  43. Hutto , 437 U. S., at 687, n. 9 (quoting Milliken v. Bradley
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  44. U. S. 267 , 281 (1977), in turn quoting Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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  45. Rhodes v. Chapman
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  46. New York State Assn . for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Carey
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  47. would violate the Constitution under Estelle v. Gamble
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  48. in the prisons to fall below the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society. Farmer v. Brennan
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  49. Harris v. Reeves
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  50. the State to use any particular approach to reduce its prison population or allocate its resources. Brown v. Plata
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