June 10, 2020
A split Sixth Circuit panel has said that a lower court erred in ordering the removal of vulnerable prisoners from a federal prison due to the COVID-19 outbreak, ruling that the Federal Bureau of Prisons made a reasonable effort to protect its inhabitants from the virus.
June 04, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday blocked a district court order forcing the Bureau of Prisons to move more than 120 medically vulnerable inmates from a federal prison in Ohio on Friday in response to the facility's deadly COVID-19 outbreak, giving the Sixth Circuit time to rule on the government's appeal.
May 26, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block a court order that forces an Ohio federal prison dealing with a deadly COVID-19 outbreak to streamline the transfer of vulnerable inmates, taking issue with the "procedural posture" of the government's request.