Membership nonprofit lacks associational standing

Membership nonprofit lacks associational standing

A nonprofit membership organization including more than 700 prison inmates lacks associational standing to bring suit alleging Constitutional and statutory violations from use of excessive physical force in a state “medical unit.”   In a non-precedential decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court decision dismissing the nonprofit from the case.

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