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RUIZ v. ESTELLE

No. 76-1948.

550 F.2d 238 (1977)

David R. RUIZ et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Bert W. Pluymen, Edward Idar, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., David M. Kendall, Jr., First Asst. Atty. Gen., Joe B. Dibrell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Harry Walsh, Enforcement Div., Asst. Atty. Gen., Huntsville, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

William Bennett Turner, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

John C. Hoyle, J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter W. Barnett, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D. C., Roby Hadden, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for the U. S.

Before TUTTLE, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The director of the Texas Department of Corrections appeals here from two parts of a twenty-part preliminary injunctive order issued by the district court on December 30, 1975. That order, which applies only to certain of the named plaintiffs in this state prisoners' civil rights class action, was issued as a result of allegations by these plaintiffs of violations of the provisions of two earlier protective orders issued by the district court. The order...

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