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Case Name	Vega v. Davis	PC-CO-0020
Docket / Court	1:12-cv-01144-RPM ( D. Colo. )
State/Territory	Colorado
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Case Summary	This lawsuit was filed by the family of of a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum in Florence, Colorado (�ADX�) against agents of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The complaint, filed on May 1, 2012 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, relates ... read more > This lawsuit was filed by the family of of a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum in Florence, Colorado (�ADX�) against agents of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The complaint, filed on May 1, 2012 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, relates to the May 2010 suicide of the prisoner, and claims that suicide resulted from untreated mental illness. It seeks unspecified monetary damages. A related class action case was filed on June 18, 2012. See PC-CO-0019. Denise Heberle - 06/19/2012 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Defendant-type

Corrections

Disability

Mental impairment

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Conditions of confinement

Restraints : physical

Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages)

Suicide prevention

Supermax conditions or process

Medical/Mental Health

Mental health care, general

Self-injurious behaviors

Suicide prevention

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Bivens
42 U.S.C. � 1983

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Federal Bureau of Prisons
Plaintiff Description	Family of prisoner who committed suicide at Supermax facility due to untreated mental illness.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	None on record
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted
Prevailing Party	not on record
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief
Form of Settlement
Order Duration	not on record
Case Closing Year	n/a
Case Ongoing	Yes

Related Cases

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Case Listing	PC-CO-0019 : Cunningham v. Federal Bureau of Prisons (D. Colo.)

Additional Resources

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Case Studies	An American Gulag: Descending into Madness at Supermax By: Andrew Cohen (The Atlantic) Citation: theAtlantic.com (June 18, 2012) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders By: Margo Schlanger (University of Michigan) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]
	Supermax: The Constitution and Mentally Ill Prisoners Written: Jun. 20, 2012 By: Andrew Cohen (The Atlantic) Citation: theAtlantic.com (June 20, 2012) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Supermax: The Faces of a Prison's Mentally Ill Written: Jun. 19, 2012 By: Andrew Cohen (The Atlantic) Citation: theAtlantic.com (June 19, 2012) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
Links	An American Gulag: Descending into Madness at Supermax theatlantic.com Posted: Jun. 18, 2012 By: Andrew Cohen [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

1:12−cv−01144 (D. Colo.) 06/15/2012
PC-CO-0020-9000 PDF | Detail
PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint and Jury Demand 05/01/2012

PC-CO-0020-0001 PDF | Detail

People

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Judges	None on record
Monitors/Masters	None on record
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Aro, Edwin P. (Colorado) PC-CO-0020-0001 \| PC-CO-0020-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	None on record
Other Lawyers	None on record

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