(DOWNLOAD) "Jones v. City of Los Angeles" by Supreme Court of Alaska * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Jones v. City of Los Angeles
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 14, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 99 KB
Description
Six homeless individuals, unable to obtain shelter on the night each was cited or arrested, filed this Eighth Amendment challenge to the enforcement of a City of Los Angeles ordinance that criminalizes sitting, lying, or sleeping on public streets and sidewalks at all times and in all places within Los Angeless city limits. Appellants seek limited injunctive relief from enforcement of the ordinance during nighttime hours, i.e., between 9:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., or at any time against the temporarily infirm or permanently disabled. We must decide whether the Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment prohibits enforcement of that law as applied to homeless individuals involuntarily sitting, lying, or sleeping on the street due to the unavailability of shelter in Los Angeles.