U.S v. Cisneros-Medina, 102 F.3d 549 (5th Cir. 1996). · Go Syfert
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“given the heightened due process protection afforded pretrial detainees, it is apparent that confinement conditions violative of the eighth amendment are assuredly violative of a pretrial detainee's due process rights as well.”
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we are quite certain that does not confer a constitutional right to exercise in unfiltered sunlight in an otherwise acceptable custodial facility regardless of the facility's physical constraints.
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given the heightened due process protection afforded pretrial detainees, it is apparent that confinement conditions violative of the eighth amendment are assuredly violative of a pretrial detainee's due process rights as well.
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U.S
v.
Cisneros-Medina
95-20911.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Nov 1, 1996.
102 F.3d 549

102 F.3d 549

U.S.
v.
Cisneros-Medina[*]

NO. 95-20911

United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit.

Oct 28, 1996

Appeal From: S.D.Tex., No. CR-H-95-1

1

AFFIRMED.

*

Fed.R.App.P. 34(a); 5th Cir.R. 34.2