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Ninth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to California Prison Officials for Denial of Outdoor Exercise During Lengthy Lock-down

On March 17, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted qualified immunity to California prison officials who had denied a prisoner outdoor exercise during a 15-month lockdown precipitated by a “particularly violent armed riot ... against staff.”

Steve Joseph Noble IV was incarcerated in Facility “C” at the Substance ...

 

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