/tags/federal-court Federal Court en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT /crime-justice/2025-03-21/texas-prison-jail-investigation-heat-hot-false-falsified The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, alleging the heat inside the state’s dozens of un-air conditioned prisons is dangerous. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT /crime-justice/2025-03-21/texas-prison-jail-investigation-heat-hot-false-falsified Lauren McGaughy /crime-justice/2024-08-03/texas-prison-heat-ac-federal-court-hearing The state of Texas is being sued over the lack of air conditioning in its prisons, where indoor temperatures can top 100 degrees in the summer. In federal court, inmates detailed the extreme measures they’ve taken to get out of the heat, like starting fires or inflicting self-harm. Sat, 03 Aug 2024 11:00:00 GMT /crime-justice/2024-08-03/texas-prison-heat-ac-federal-court-hearing Lauren McGaughy /crime-justice/2024-07-29/investigation-texas-prison-heat-inmate-deaths-ac-autopsy-lawsuit Newly released autopsies show extreme temperatures in state prisons may have contributed to multiple recent deaths behind bars. But the state says heat hasn’t killed any prisoners in more than a decade. A lawsuit challenging Texas prison heat protocols will be heard in federal court on Tuesday. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:00:00 GMT /crime-justice/2024-07-29/investigation-texas-prison-heat-inmate-deaths-ac-autopsy-lawsuit Lauren McGaughy /crime-justice/2024-04-22/bernie-tiede-richard-linklater-lawsuit-texas-prison-heat Bernie Tiede, whose murder of a Texas widow was immortalized by Richard Linklater, is suing the state over what he calls its “cruel and unusual� treatment of inmates in hot prisons. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:02:45 GMT /crime-justice/2024-04-22/bernie-tiede-richard-linklater-lawsuit-texas-prison-heat Lauren McGaughy /crime-justice/2019-01-11/there-are-lots-of-big-issues-working-their-way-through-federal-courts-how-do-those-courts-work Keeping track of federal court cases can be confusing even for reporters whose job it is to follow this stuff, let alone the general public. Lately, it� Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:01:00 GMT /crime-justice/2019-01-11/there-are-lots-of-big-issues-working-their-way-through-federal-courts-how-do-those-courts-work Matt Largey /news/2017-11-15/don-willett-defends-controversial-tweets-as-jokes-at-confirmation-hearing-before-u-s-senate A Texas Supreme Court Justice's popular Twitter account, and its future, drew sharp questions from U.S. senators on Wednesday as two of President Donald� Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:24:01 GMT /news/2017-11-15/don-willett-defends-controversial-tweets-as-jokes-at-confirmation-hearing-before-u-s-senate Emma Platoff /politics/2017-09-20/report-trumps-judicial-nominee-from-texas-called-transgender-kids-part-of-satans-plan Jeff Mateer, a high-ranking official in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office who President Donald Trump has nominated for a federal judgeship, said� Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:47:31 GMT /politics/2017-09-20/report-trumps-judicial-nominee-from-texas-called-transgender-kids-part-of-satans-plan Cassandra Pollock /texas/2017-08-18/texas-13-open-federal-judgeships-are-likely-to-go-to-conservatives From Texas Standard:Despite the struggle President Donald Trump has had moving his agenda through Congress, his presidency is still likely to leave a� Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:56:41 GMT /texas/2017-08-18/texas-13-open-federal-judgeships-are-likely-to-go-to-conservatives Rhonda Fanning /texas/2014-04-30/texas-judges-at-federal-courts-struggle-as-bench-vacancies-grow Texas has some of the busiest federal courts in the nation � and some of the most judicial vacancies. That means judges who are on duty in Texas are� Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:01:03 GMT /texas/2014-04-30/texas-judges-at-federal-courts-struggle-as-bench-vacancies-grow