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ALBRO v. COUNTY OF ONONDAGA, N.Y.

No. 85-CV-1425.

627 F.Supp. 1280 (1986)

Ronald ALBRO, Michael Carpenter, Neil Epstein and Harold Warner, Individually and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. The COUNTY OF ONONDAGA, NEW YORK, Sheriff of Onondaga County, Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York, and Thomas A. Coughlin, III, Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, State of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

As Amended February 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Public Interest Law Firm, Syracuse University Law Clinic, Syracuse, N.Y., for plaintiffs, Daan Braveman, of counsel, Deborah J. Blood, Marcy Robinson Dembs, David Greenspan, Connor O'Brien, Brenda Waight, Student Attys., of counsel.

Robert J. Rossi, Co. Atty., Syracuse, N.Y., for defendants Onondaga County and Sheriff of Onondaga County; Diane E. Tucker, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Albany, N.Y., for Governor Cuomo and Com'r Coughlin; Paul D. Silver, of counsel.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

MUNSON, Chief Judge.

Not at all unique in the New York state prison system, the Onondaga county jail, known as the Public Safety Building ["PSB"] is overcrowded. It has been operating in excess of capacity consistently since May 1984 and there is no anticipated decrease in the near future. Plaintiffs commenced this action on October 25, 1985 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on behalf of all persons incarcerated at the PSB alleging...

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