Johnson v. State of California.

• Position: Racial discrimination case - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

CELL ASSIGNMENT

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

DOUBLE-CELLING

Johnson v. State of California, 321 F.3d 791 (9th Cir. 2003). An African-American state prison inmate brought an action against prison administrators, alleging that a prison policy of using race as a factor in assigning a new inmate's initial cell mate violated the equal protection clause. The district court dismissed the case, but the appeals court reversed in part and remanded. On remand, the district court granted...