5th Circuit Reverses Relief For Elderly Prisoners In Pandemic Response Suit

Mealey's (April 7, 2021, 8:04 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS —Texas officials who were accused in a class complaint of failing to protect inmates housed in a Texas prison primarily for the elderly and those with health issues from COVID-19 took steps to protect prisoners prior to the end of an 18-day bench trial, leaving the trial court’s permanent injunction “not warranted,” a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 26, reversing the trial court’s judgment and rendering judgment for the officials....