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GATES v. COLLIER

No. GC 71-6-K.

371 F.Supp. 1368 (1973)

Nazareth GATES et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. John A. COLLIER et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

February 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Haber, Boulder, Colo., Michael Davidson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Frank R. Parker, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

P. Roger Googe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KEADY, Chief Judge.

On February 8, 1971, this class action was filed by certain inmates incarcerated at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi (Parchman) against the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, the members of the State Penitentiary Board and the Governor of the State. The complaint asserted that certain aspects of the operation and administration of Parchman, for which defendants were responsible, were in violation...

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