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BATTLE v. ANDERSON

No. 84-1026.

788 F.2d 1421 (1986)

Bobby BATTLE, et al. Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Park ANDERSON, et al., Defendants/Appellees, and United States of America, Plaintiff/Appellee-Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Bullock, Cooperating Atty., ACLU, Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiffs/appellants.

Robert A. Nance, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl. (Michael C. Turpen, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma, was also on brief), for defendants/appellees.

Michael A. Carvin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (William Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles J. Cooper, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian K. Landsberg and Dennis J. Dimsey, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Gary L. Richardson, U.S. Atty., were also on brief), for plaintiff/appellee-intervenor.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, and BARRETT and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.

HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.

I

This § 1983 class action was initially commenced by inmate Bobby Battle, pro se, challenging various conditions of confinement at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in 1972. The district court held that conditions in the Oklahoma prison system violated the Eighth Amendment proscription against cruel and unusual punishment. The subsequent history of the controversy is detailed in the opinions cited in the margin.

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