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WEST v. LAMB

No. Civil LV 77-118 RDF.

497 F.Supp. 989 (1980)

Earl E. WEST, individually, and on behalf of all unconvicted persons who are, or may be, inmates in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department jail system; Jack McAllister, individually, and on behalf of all persons who are, or may be, inmates in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department jail system, and who are incarcerated for the service of any sentence of conviction or violation of parole or probation, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Ralph J. LAMB, in his capacity as Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada, and as Chairman of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Commission; and Manuel Cortez, Sam Bowler and David Canter, in their official capacities as members of the County Commission for the County of Clark, Nevada, and as members of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Commission; Ron Lurie, Myron Leavitt and Paul Christensen, in their official capacities as members of the City Commission of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, and as members of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Commission; William Briare, in his capacity as Mayor of the City of Las Vegas; Roy Woofter, in his capacity as a member of the City Commission of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Thalia M. Dondero, R. J. Ronzone, Jack R. Petitti and Robert N. Broadbent, in their capacity as members of the County Commission for the County of Clark, State of Nevada, Defendants-Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

August 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar B. Goodman, Las Vegas, Nev., Kenneth C. Cory, Fed. Public Defender, Brent T. Adams, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiffs-petitioners.

B. Mahlon Brown III, U. S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., Charles Ory, Sp. Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-intervenor.

R. J. Miller, Dist. Atty., by Stanley W. Parry, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for defendants-respondents, Clark County Commissioners Cortez, Bowler, Canter, Dondero, Ronzone, Petitti and Broadbent.

George Ogilvie, City Atty. by John H. Howard, Jr., Deputy City Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for defendants-respondents, Mayor William Briare, City Commissioners Lurie, Leavitt, Christensen and Woofter.

Gary D. Lang, Legal Adviser Metropolitan Police Dept., Las Vegas, Nev., for defendant-respondent, Sheriff John D. McCarthy (replaced Ralph J. Lamb through election).

ORDER FIXING MAXIMUM INMATE POPULATION FOR LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT JAILS AND REQUIRING SUBSTANTIALLY FULL COMPLIANCE WITH CONSENT DECREE

ROGER D. FOLEY, District Judge.

POPULATION LIMITED TO 178 INMATES

The plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction to limit the population of the subject jails, that is, those jails under the jurisdiction of the Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada, and the Metropolitan Police Commission, is...

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