Johnson v. California

[Roger Goldman]

>From the New York Times, December 21, 2005:

In a settlement of a federal suit filed by a black inmate, state prison
officials have agreed to stop using race as a principal criterion for
segregating inmates. The settlement follows a ruling by the United States
Supreme Court that California prisons could not automatically house inmates
by race, even temporarily. Starting in March, prison officials will end
their use of an unwritten policy that dates back a quarter century. Inmates
arriving at the state's 11 prison reception centers had been automatically
bunked with inmates of the same race for 60 days, a measure taken in part to
reduce the risk of racial violence. Corrections officials will now house
inmates based on new criteria, including interviews to determine inmates'
compatibility with members of another race. (AP)

 

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Hi - Does anyone know what happened after the Supreme Court decision in
Johnson v. California, 543 U.S. 499 (2005), to remand the application of
strict scrutiny to California's prison segregation policy?  I can't seem to
find any remand decision on Westlaw or elsewhere on the web.  Did the case
settle?  If so, how?  If not, is it still being litigated?

 

Thanks!

 

David S. Cohen

Associate Professor of Law

Drexel University College of Law

(215) 571-4714

 

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