United States Fifth Circuit
AUSTIN v. JOHNSON, 02-41137
A boot camp regimen did not violate the proportionality principle of the Eighth Amendment, but camp officials' reckless indifference to a juvenile's medical needs precludes official immunity from negligence claims.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/25/2003
- Published 04/25/2003
Judges
- JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Darren Keith Coleman,Boon, Shaver, Echocs & Coleman, Longview, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Christi Johnson Kennedy, Robert Scott Davis, Flowers Davis, Tyler, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.