On 15 March 2016 a four-day civil trial started, to settle a lawsuit that Breivik, has launched against Norwegian Correctional Service,over his solitary confinement, and his general conditions of imprisonment, including a claim of an excessive use of handcuffs. Breivik claimed that his solitary confinement violated his human rights and asserted that he had been subjected to degrading treatment. The verdict expectedly will be delivered at the end of May or the beginning of June. [33]