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STEWART v. RHODES

No. C-2-78-220.

473 F.Supp. 1185 (1979)

Ronald E. STEWART, Roy Martin and James Bolden, Plaintiffs, v. James A. RHODES, Governor, State of Ohio, George F. Denton, Director, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, E. Blaine Haskins, Assistant Director, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Neil F. Kette, Superintendent, Correctional Medical and Reception Center, David R. McKeen, Superintendent, Columbus Correctional Facility, Roger Overberg, Superintendent, London Correctional Institute, Dorothy Arn, Superintendent, Ohio State Reformatory for Women, Arnold Jago, Superintendent, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Ted Engle, Superintendent, Chillicothe Correctional Institute, William H. Dallman, Superintendent, Lebanon Correctional Institute, E. P. Perini, Superintendent, Marion Correctional Institute, and Frank Gray, Superintendent, Ohio State Reformatory, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Ohio, E. D.

July 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean P. Kamp, Columbus, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

Allen P. Adler, Leo J. Conway, John C. Stamatakos, Asst. Attys. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for defendants.

Mary Lynn Walker, Lisbon C. Berry, Jr., Stephen A. Whinston, Adjoa A. Burrow, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D. C., for United States, amicus curiae.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DUNCAN, District Judge.

This is a class action brought by inmates of the Columbus Correctional Facility (hereafter CCF) seeking a declaration that the conditions of confinement to which plaintiffs are subjected at CCF amount to cruel and unusual punishment and are in violation of their rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs also seek injunctive relief barring further operation...

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