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BENJAMIN v. MALCOLM

Nos. 75 Civ. 3073 (MEL), 76 Civ. 2854 (MEL), 79 Civ. 4913 (MEL), 79 Civ. 4914 (MEL) and 76 Civ. 101 (MEL).

646 F.Supp. 1550 (1986)

James BENJAMIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, et al., Defendants. Ernesto MALDONADO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William CIUROS, Jr., et al., Defendants. DETAINEES OF the BROOKLYN HOUSE OF DETENTION FOR MEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, et al., Defendants. DETAINEES OF the QUEENS HOUSE OF DETENTION FOR MEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, et al., Defendants. Iola FORTS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, et al., Defendants.

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

November 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip L. Weinstein, Theodore H. Katz, Jonathan S. Chasan, John A. Beck, The Legal Aid Society, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel of City of N.Y., New York City, for defendants; Leonard Koerner, Paul Rephen, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

This is an application by the City defendants for an order modifying the orders of this court dated September 3, 1980 (which imposed a population cap of 1200 on the House of Detention for Men), June 23, 1981 (which imposed a sixty square foot — fifty person limitation on the dormitories in City correctional facilities) and October 31, 1983 (which directed compliance with the earlier orders).1 Although the...

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