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Attorney: Jeffrey Steven McConnell Warren

January 24, 2023 Jeffrey Steven McConnell Warren Christopher Flurry
Posted in  Class Action Basics

Solitary Claims for Solitary Confinement: Predominance Defeats North Carolina Class Action Seeking Injunctive and Declaratory Relief for Inmates in Restrictive Housing

In Dewalt v. Hooks, 2022-NCSC-105, 879 S.E.2d 179, the North Carolina Supreme Court recently illustrated the difficulty in finding commonality between several fact-specific Constitutional claims for the purposes of certifying a class. The Supreme Court relied primarily on the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 […]

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February 17, 2022 Jeffrey Steven McConnell Warren
Posted in  Ascertainability Class Action Basics

A Pandemic of Litigation: Prisons and COVID-19 Class Actions

Much like COVID-19 itself, a pandemic of class-action litigation has spread across this nation between two age-old foes: prisons, and their prisoners. Unlike most of the litigation arising from COVID-19 across the country, prisoners are taking a unique legal position: the failure of the government to take precautions against COVID-19 […]

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