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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 23 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Danzel Stearns v. Inmate Services Corporation.

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1 Danzel Stearns v. Inmate Services Corporation Anchor
ca8 · 2020
green “infer that the purpose of the governmental action is punishment that may not constitutionally be inflicted upon detainees qua detainees.” 12
2 Thomas Edward Morris, III v. Armand Zefferi
ca8 · 2010
green “in considering whether the conditions of pretrial detention are unconstitutionally punitive, we review the totality of the circumstances of a pretrial detainee's confinement.” 11

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