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INMATES OF MIDDLESEX CTY. v. DEMOS

Civ. Nos. 81-862, 81-863.

519 F.Supp. 770 (1981)

INMATES OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John C. DEMOS, et al., Defendants. UNION COUNTY JAIL INMATES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. V. William DiBUONO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley C. Van Ness, New Jersey Public Advocate, Trenton, N. J. by Jeffrey A. Mintz, Asst. Public Advocate, Trenton, N. J., Director, Office of Inmate Advocacy, for plaintiffs in both cases.

Lewis B. Kaden, Perth Amboy, N. J., for defendant Judges of the New Jersey Superior Court. (Demos and Bachman in Civ. 81-862) (DiBuono, Barbieri and Dawson in Civ. 81-863).

John J. Hoagland, County Counsel, Middlesex, N. J. by Florence J. Lotrowski, Deputy County Counsel, East Brunswick, N. J., for defendants-third party plaintiffs Feconda, Daly, Johnson, Capestro and Pelly, in Civil 81-862.

Robert C. Doherty, County Counsel, Union, N. J., for defendants-third party plaintiffs Froelich, Scanlon, Jefferson, Cinnot and Albanese in Civil 81-863.

James R. Zazzali, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, Trenton, N. J. by Joseph T. Maloney, Deputy Atty. Gen., Section Chief, Human Services and Corrections Section, Trenton, N. J., for third-party defendant Fauver in both cases.

OPINION

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.

These two class actions were filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by inmates of the county jails in Union and Middlesex Counties seeking a remedy for allegedly unconstitutional overcrowding in those two institutions. Injunctive and declaratory relief is sought. They are represented in both suits by the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate. Two types of defendants are named in the suits: jail administrators...

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