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Fifth Circuit Reverses Injunction Against Pesticide Use, Dismisses Damage Claim

Fifth Circuit Reverses Injunction Against Pesticide Use, Dismisses Damage
Claim

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner's work
assignment, which required him to come into contact with a pesticide, did
not constitute cruel and unusual punishment and that prison officials were
immune from liability.

Henry Sampson, ...

 

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