Hurst v. Snyder.

• Position: CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT - Violation of civil rights - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

CELLS

DOUBLE CELLING

Hurst v. Snyder, 63 Fed.Appx. 240 (7th Cir. 2003) [unpublished]. A state prison inmate brought an action against prison officials, alleging that he was deprived of adequate living space. The district court dismissed the case as frivolous and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed. The appeals could held that a former state statute that required prison facilities to provide at least 50 square feet of cell space per person did not give the inmate a...