Shepherd v. Ault

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Constant illumination can undoubtedly cause sleep deprivation . . . and sleep is certainly an ‘identifiable human need.’”
• “Constant illumination can undoubtedly cause sleep deprivation ... and sleep is certainly an ‘identifiable human need.’ ”
• “[Wjhether constant lighting serves a legitimate penological purpose depends upon the circumstances of the case.”
• “[W]hether constant lighting serves a legitimate penological purpose depends upon the circumstances of the case.”
• prisoners who spent 283 and 550 nights, respectively, in solitary confinement with sixty-watt light bulbs that they could not cover presented sufficient evidence to go to trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).