Walter D. Balla v. Idaho State Board of Corrections, Walter D. Balla v. Idaho State Board of Corrections

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• noting that overcrowding 17 giving rise to violence or inadequate staffing could give rise to Eighth Amendment violation
• confirming courts have inherent power to modify interlocutory orders before 15 entering a final judgment
• finding an order 1 denying prisoner plaintiffs’ contempt motion and closing all issues except overcrowding 2 to relitigation was not a judgment within the meaning of Rule 59(e)
• \Rule 59(e) clearly contemplates entry of judgment as a predicate to any motion.\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• allegations of prison overcrowding alone are insufficient to state a claim under the Eighth 26 Amendment.
• “Only when overcrowding is combined with other factors such as violence or inadequate staffing does overcrowding rise to an [E]ighth [A]mendment violation.”

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