UNITED STATES EX REL. WOLFISH v. UNITED STATES

No. 75 Civ. 6000.

428 F.Supp. 333 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Louis R. WOLFISH et al., Relators, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

January 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Gallagher, Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, for relators; Michael Young, Michael B. Muslin, Phylis Skloot Bamberger, New York City, of counsel.

Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., Southern District of New York, New York City, for respondents; Louis G. Corsi, F. P. Schaffer, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

FRANKEL, District Judge.

Originally brought by a prisoner, who was transferred long ago but whose name still begins the caption, this action assails a number of conditions in the Federal Metropolitan Correctional Center ("MCC") adjoining this Courthouse. The Federal Defender Services Unit, assigned by the court to represent petitioner class,1 has pursued an extensive course...

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