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COSTELLO v. WAINWRIGHT

Nos. 72-109-Civ-J-S, 72-94-Civ-J-S.

397 F.Supp. 20 (1975)

Michael V. COSTELLO, Roberto K. Celestineo, and all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, as Director of the Division of Corrections, et al., Defendants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

May 22, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobias Simon, Elizabeth J. du Fresne, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Raymond W. Gearey, Jerry E. Oxner, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Civ. Div., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants.

David J. W. Vanderhoof, Atty., Institutions Section Civil Rights Div., United States Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND OPINION

CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.

This cause came before the Court with respect to the plaintiffs' renewal of application for injunction to close prisons to additional entrants, filed herein April 21, 1975. The plaintiffs seek to have this Court close Florida's prison system to additional entrants and, in addition, require that the current inmate population be reduced to acceptable levels consistent with...

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