United States Eleventh Circuit

Plaintiffs' class action lawsuit, alleging that high temperatures in their cells amount to cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment, is dismissed where extreme deprivations are required to make out a conditions-of-confinement claim under the Eighth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/06/2004
• Published 08/06/2004

Judges

• TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and SILER , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elliot H. Scherker, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Peter M. Siegel, Randall C. Berg, Jr., Florida Justice Institute, Inc., Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Caryl Kilinski, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.