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JORDAN v. ARNOLD

Civ. No. 75-1334.

408 F.Supp. 869 (1976)

James F. JORDAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. Floyd E. ARNOLD, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Defendant.

United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.

As Amended April 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Humphrey, Williamsport, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Joseph F. Cimini, Asst. U. S. Atty., Lewisburg, Pa., for defendant.

OPINION

MUIR, District Judge.

This class action was filed by the named Plaintiffs on behalf of all inmates who are in or who are subject to being placed in cells on the first floor of the Special Housing Unit (hereafter S.H.U.) at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. It was certified as a proper class action on December 22, 1975, and a hearing on both the preliminary and permanent injunctions was held from January 21, 1976 through January...

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