Texas Inmates Class Certified In COVID-19 Response Lawsuit

Mealey's (June 30, 2020, 1:19 PM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A federal judge in Texas on June 27 certified a class of inmates housed in a prison for primarily elderly inmates and those with health issues in a lawsuit accusing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s (TDCJ) of insufficiently responding to the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 (Laddy Curtis Valentine, et al. v. Bryan Collier, et al., No. 20-1115, S.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112807)....