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Case Name Johnson v. Wathen PC-TX-0008
Docket / Court 7:02-cv-00087 ( N.D. Tex. )
State/Territory Texas
Case Type(s) Prison Conditions
Attorney Organization ACLU National (all projects)
ACLU National Prison Project
Case Summary
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Affected Gender
Male
Constitutional Clause
Equal Protection
Discrimination-basis
Race discrimination
General
Administrative segregation
Assault/abuse by residents/inmates/students
Classification / placement
Protective custody
Sexual abuse by residents/inmates
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
State Plaintiff
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Case Details
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Defendant(s) Texas DCJ
Plaintiff Description Black homosexual former Texas prisoner alleging that the failure to protect him from repeated sexual assault over an 18-month period violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment and the equal protection clause
Indexed Lawyer Organizations ACLU National (all projects)
ACLU National Prison Project
Class action status sought No
Class action status granted No
Filed Pro Se No
Prevailing Party Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer Yes
Nature of Relief None
Source of Relief None
Filing Year 2002
Case Closing Year 2013
Case Ongoing No
Additional Resources
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  Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders
N.Y.U. Law Review
Date: May 2006
By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty)
Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006)
[ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]

  Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons
Book
Date: Jan. 1, 1998
By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty)
Citation: (1998)
[ Detail ]

Documents
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Docket(s)
02-00087 (N.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 08/14/2012
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
7:12-cv-00138-O (N.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-9001.pdf | Detail
Date: 09/12/2012
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
13-20475 (U.S. Court of Appeals)
PC-TX-0008-9003.pdf | Detail
Date: 11/06/2014
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
4:12-cv-02728 (S.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-9002.pdf | Detail
Date: 11/11/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
General Documents
Prison Offender Grievance Forms
PC-TX-0008-0003.pdf | Detail
Date: 02/26/2001
Complaint
PC-TX-0008-0001.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/01/2002
Press Release
PC-TX-0008-0005.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/17/2002
Offender Protection Investigation Form
PC-TX-0008-0004.pdf | Detail
Date: 11/13/2002
Order Certifying Issue of Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies for Interlocutory Appeal (2003 WL 21510816) (N.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-0011.pdf | WESTLAW | Detail
Date: 06/09/2003
Circuit Court Brief of Plaintiff Appellee
PC-TX-0008-0002.pdf | Detail
Date: 12/29/2003
Untitled
PC-TX-0008-0006.pdf | Detail
Date: 02/26/2004
Opinion (385 F.3d 503)
PC-TX-0008-0010.pdf | WESTLAW| LEXIS | Detail
Date: 09/08/2004
Source: Google Scholar
Untitled
PC-TX-0008-0007.pdf | Detail
Date: 09/09/2004
Untitled
PC-TX-0008-0008.pdf | Detail
Date: 09/16/2005
Press Release
PC-TX-0008-0009.pdf | Detail
Date: 10/19/2005
Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction [ECF# 379]
PC-TX-0008-0012.pdf | Detail
Date: 05/23/2012
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Brief in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction [ECF# 380]
PC-TX-0008-0013.pdf | Detail
Date: 05/23/2012
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 389] (N.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-0014.pdf | Detail
Date: 08/14/2012
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Transferring Case [ECF# 13] (N.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-0015.pdf | Detail
Date: 09/11/2012
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Amended Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint [ECF# 18]
PC-TX-0008-0016.pdf | Detail
Date: 10/04/2012
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion and Order [ECF# 60] (S.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-0017.pdf | Detail
Date: 07/22/2013
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Final Judgment [ECF# 61] (S.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-0018.pdf | Detail
Date: 07/22/2013
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas [Ct. of App. ECF# 00512789676]
PC-TX-0008-0019.pdf | Detail
Date: 10/01/2014
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
People
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Judges Fish, Allen Joe (N.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-0011
Frost, E. Scott Court not on record [Magistrate]
PC-TX-0008-0015
Justice, William Wayne (E.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-0005
King, Carolyn Dineen (Fifth Circuit)
PC-TX-0008-0010
Lake, Simeon Timothy III (S.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-0017 | PC-TX-0008-0018 | PC-TX-0008-9002 | PC-TX-0008-9003
Lynn, Barbara M. (N.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-9000
O'Connor, Reed Charles (N.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0008-9001
Stickney, Paul D. (N.D. Tex.) [Magistrate]
PC-TX-0008-0014
Plaintiff's Lawyers Cowie, Craig (District of Columbia)
PC-TX-0008-0001 | PC-TX-0008-0010 | PC-TX-0008-9000
Fettig, Amy (District of Columbia)
PC-TX-0008-0002 | PC-TX-0008-0010 | PC-TX-0008-9000
Hoffman, Timothy L. (Texas)
PC-TX-0008-9000
Monks, Jeffrey (District of Columbia)
PC-TX-0008-9000
Tuddenham, Edward John (Texas)
PC-TX-0008-0001 | PC-TX-0008-0002 | PC-TX-0008-0010 | PC-TX-0008-9000
Winter, Margaret (District of Columbia)
PC-TX-0008-0001 | PC-TX-0008-0002 | PC-TX-0008-0006 | PC-TX-0008-0007 | PC-TX-0008-0008 | PC-TX-0008-0009 | PC-TX-0008-0010 | PC-TX-0008-9000
Defendant's Lawyers Cunniff, Celamine (Texas)
PC-TX-0008-0002 | PC-TX-0008-0010 | PC-TX-0008-9000 | PC-TX-0008-9002 | PC-TX-0008-9003
Harris, David A. (Texas)
PC-TX-0008-9000
Tepper, Matthew (Texas)
PC-TX-0008-0010 | PC-TX-0008-9000
Wike, Christopher Champion (Texas)
PC-TX-0008-9000
Other Lawyers Brocato, Anthony Gerard Jr. (Texas)
PC-TX-0008-9000
Linz, Michael F. (Texas)
PC-TX-0008-9000
Rountree, Meredith (Texas)
PC-TX-0008-9000

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