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Norwood v. Vance

Petition for certiorari denied on February 22, 2011
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
09-1215 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2010

Issue: (1)Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in requiring a jury instruction providing deference to prison officials' judgment in a general conditions of confinement case where the evidence showed the officials' decisions were deliberate and calculated, rather than in response to an immediate violent confrontation; (2) whether the Ninth Circuit erred in granting the prison officials qualified immunity.

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