U.S. v. Lopez.

• Position: Pretrial confinement - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

PRETRIAL DETAINEE

SEGREGATION

U.S. v. Lopez, 327 F.Supp.2d 138 (D.Puerto Rico 2004). A pretrial detainee who was placed in a special housing unit because he faced the death penalty, filed a motion for an evidentiary hearing on the conditions of his pretrial confinement. The district court held that the detainee's placement in a special housing unit solely because he...