Mealey's (December 1, 2020, 1:35 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — In a Nov. 25 directive, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ordered Texas officials, who are accused of failing to protect inmates housed in a Texas prison primarily for the elderly and those with health issues from COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, to prepare for Dec. 3 oral arguments the numbers of staff and offenders who have tested positive for COVID-19, who have been hospitalized and who have died (Laddy Curtis Valentine, et al. v. Bryan Collier, et al., No. 20-20525, 5th Cir.)....