Federal government seeks summary judgment against Alabama Department of Corrections

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: September 3, 2026

Words: 972

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed a heavily redacted motion for summary judgment ahead of a scheduled November trial over whether violence in Alabama’s prisons violate inmates’ Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

The 260-page motion from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District, which includes evidence and testimony from the incarcerated and current and former Alabama Department of Corrections officials, asks U.S. District Judge Harold D Mooty, III to rule in the government’s …

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