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HARRIS v. PERNSLEY

Civ. A. No. 82-1847.

654 F.Supp. 1042 (1987)

Martin HARRIS, Albert Anthony, Orlando X. McCrea, Tyrone Glenn, Carlos Royster, Amin Abdullah, Khalid Allah Muhammad, and Arnold Furtick, Charles Oakes, Emanuel Gardner v. Irene PERNSLEY, individually and in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Human Services of the City of Philadelphia, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

February 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Richman and Philip H. Lebowitz, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, for plaintiffs.

Richard J. Gold, Chief Deputy City Sol. and Guy J. Villim, Asst. City Sol., Law Dept., Philadelphia, Pa., for City defendants.

Carl Vaccaro, Deputy General Counsel, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants Marks and Jeffes.

Rosalyn Robinson, Deputy General Counsel, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendant Waldman.

Sarah Vandenbraak and Gaele Barthold, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia, Pa., for Dist. Atty. of Philadelphia, Ronald Castille.

MEMORANDUM

SHAPIRO, District Judge.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Plaintiffs assert this civil rights action on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated in regard to conditions of confinement in prisons in the City of Philadelphia. Plaintiffs allege that Commonwealth and City officials responsible for the conditions of confinement in City prisons are violating the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...

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