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WEST v. EDWARDS

Civ. A. No. 77-670.

439 F.Supp. 722 (1977)

Robert J. WEST, # 72812, Eugene E. Culpepper, # 81081, and William H. Cobb, # 85868, Plaintiffs, v. James EDWARDS, Governor of the State of South Carolina, William D. Leeke, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, J. L. Harvey, Warden, Kirkland Correctional Institution, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

November 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

West, pro se.

Emmet H. Clair, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., for defendants.

ORDER

BLATT, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seek damages and equitable relief from certain state officials for an alleged violation of their Eighth Amendment rights. In substance, the complaint charges that the action of prison officials in "triple-celling" inmates at Kirkland Correctional Institution (KCI) amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.

The present action arises from the following factual background...

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