As COVID-19 rages, federal inmates stuck in Connecticut prison are like sitting ducks, lawyer says
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The Danbury Federal Correction Institution in Connecticut is one of three federal prisons that were singled out for prompt action last spring by former Attorney General William Barr because of its vulnerability to Covid outbreaks.Credit.Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times
Vulnerable Inmates Left in Prison as Covid Rages
At a federal compound in Connecticut, inmates in precarious health “are like sitting ducks,” one lawyer said.
The Danbury Federal Correction Institution in Connecticut is one of three federal prisons that were singled out for prompt action last spring by former Attorney General William Barr because of its vulnerability to Covid outbreaks.Credit.Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times
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February 24, 2021
On Monday in the Seventh Circuit, Clearview AI filed a motion asking the court to stay a mandate set to go into effect on Tuesday pending the filing and resolution of a petition for a writ of certiorari. The defendant explained that the “petition for certiorari will present substantial questions worthy of a grant of certiorari, and the balance of equities favors a stay.”
Clearview AI contended that “staying the mandate will prevent potentially wasteful state court litigation should certiorari be granted.” According to the motion, the appeal considered if the plaintiff, who alleged that the defendant sold access to her biometric information in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), “necessarily alleges an injury-in-fact for purposes of Article III standing.”