Split U.S. High Court Denies Stay Application In Inmates’ COVID-19 Response Suit

Mealey's (November 17, 2020, 12:55 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 16 denied an application by inmates housed in a Texas geriatric prison seeking to vacate a stay of a permanent injunction in their class complaint alleging that insufficient actions were taken to protect them from the novel coronavirus while an appeal proceeds (Laddy Curtis Valentine, et al. v. Bryan Collier, et al., No. 20A70, U.S. Sup., 2020 U.S. LEXIS 5612)....