The Sixth Circuit granted the government's renewed motion for a stay pending appeal of the district court's preliminary injunction. The district court had ordered the government to undertake several measures to improve conditions at Oakland County Jail in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and had also set forth a framework for considering releases on an individualized basis. A panel of the Sixth Circuit had initially denied a stay pending appeal 2-1; after a judge in the majority recused and was replaced, the Sixth Circuit here granted the government's renewed motion for a stay 2-1. The court reasoned that its decision in Wilson v. Williams, No. 20-3447, __ F. 3d __, 2020 WL 3056217 (6th Cir. June 9, 2020), constituted an intervening change in law and established that the plaintiffs were unlikely to succeed on their Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim. Chief Judge Cole, who had joined the prior opinion denying a stay pending appeal, dissented.
Cameron v. Bouchard, No. 20-1469 (6th Cir. June 11, 2020)
Post-Conviction Detention [jail or prison], Pre-Existing Health Conditions, Pretrial Detention [jail]
Compassionate Release Case
No
Case Tracking Number
2:20-cv-10949-LVP
MORE CASE INFORMATION
Court Name
6th Cir.
Decision
Case Pending
Place of Incarceration
Local / County Jail
Name of Facility
Oakland County Jail
Legal Authority
Eighth Amendment - Deliberate Indifference, Substantive Due Process - Deliberate Indifference (both 14th and 5th Amendments)
Legal Authority
Section 1983, § 2241 Habeas
Case Status
Decision Made But Case Still Pending
Class Action Medically Vulnerable People
"All members of the Jail class who are also over the age of fifty or who, regardless of age, experience an underlying medical condition that places them at particular risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19."
COVID-19 Positive or Symptomatic
Not discussed
COVID-19 in Jail Prison or Detention Center
Yes
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Crowdsourced legal documents from around the country related to COVID-19 and incarceration, organized, collected, and summarized for public defenders, litigators, and other advocates. Created and managed by Bronx Defenders, Columbia Law School’s Center for Institutional and Social Change, UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project, and Zealous. Mostly federal court opinions, but now expanding to states and legal filings, declarations, and exhibits.
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