Shook v. El Paso County

U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · Decided 2004-10-18

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TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge. This case involves the unsuccessful effort by four former state prisoners to certify a class action challenging their lack of access to mental health care while incarcerated in the El Paso County, Colorado Jail. The district court denied them class certification and dismissed the suit based on its conclusion that under the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act the relief the plaintiffs sought was “beyond t…

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