SMITH v. CHRANS

Nos. 79-2054, 81-2078.

629 F.Supp. 606 (1986)

Johnny SMITH, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. James A. CHRANS, as Warden of Pontiac Correctional Center, Defendant, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Danville Division.

March 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Wolfe, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Ed King, Bart Murphy, Asst. Ill. Attys. Gen., Gilbert Feldman, AFL-CIO, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


FINAL ORDER

BAKER, Chief Judge.

I.

This is a class action by all prisoners at the Pontiac Correctional Center of the Illinois Department of Corrections seeking declarative and injunctive relief to remedy what the prisoners assert are violations of their residual constitutional rights to privacy. Jurisdiction is granted to the court under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a)(3). Relief is sought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by claiming that the defendant, acting...

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