Brown v. Plata
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Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493 (2011), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that a court-mandated population limit was necessary to remedy a violation of prisoners’ Eighth Amendment constitutional rights. Justice Kennedy filed the majority opinion of the 5 to 4 decision, affirming a decision by a three judge panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California which had ordered California to reduce its prison population to 137.5% of design capacity within two years.
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Brown v. Plata
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Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Appellants v. Marciano Plata, et al.
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Application for stay denied, 570 U.S. 938 .
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Judgment for complainant sub nom. Coleman v. Wilson, 912 F. Supp. 1282 ; judgment for complainant sub nom. Plata v. Brown, 3:01-cv-01351-TEH .
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Brown v. Plata,
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August 2015
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2011
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Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Appellants v. Marciano Plata, et al.
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A court-mandated population limit was necessary to remedy a violation of prisoners' Eighth Amendment constitutional rights.
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Brown v. Plata
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Kennedy
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Supreme Court
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to reflect the effect of the decision on California's prisons
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Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493 (2011), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that a court-mandated population limit was necessary to remedy a violation of prisoners’ Eighth Amendment constitutional rights. Justice Kennedy filed the majority opinion of the 5 to 4 decision, affirming a decision by a three judge panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California which had ordered California to reduce its prison population to 137.5% of design capacity within two years. Justice Scalia filed a dissent that was joined by Justice Thomas. A separate dissent was filed by Justice Alito that was joined by Chief Justice Roberts.
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