FEELEY v. SAMPSON

No. 76-1508.

570 F.2d 364 (1978)

Leo F. FEELEY, IV, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. George SAMPSON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carleton Eldredge Stratham, N. H., for defendants, appellants.

Douglass P. Hill, Portsmouth, N. H., with whom Robert D. Gross, Manchester, N. H., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, MARKEY, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Having recently considered questions regarding the constitutional rights of sentenced prisoners,1 we now confront questions relative to the status of unconvicted persons ("detainees") awaiting trial. This appeal by New Hampshire county officials is from a judgment of the district court ordering changes in the conditions under which detainees are confined at the Rockingham County Jail (the Jail). The changes...

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