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Wisconsin: Court Dismisses Prisoners’ Suit Over Asbestos, Mold on Procedural Grounds
by Chad Marks
An October 8, 2019, order from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin dismissed for procedural violations a lawsuit brought by prisoners at the state’s Prairie Du Chien Correctional Institution.
Filed on July 18, 2019, by Nicasio Cuevas Quiles III and …
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