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INMATES OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL v. KEARNEY

Civ. A. No. 71-162-K.

734 F.Supp. 561 (1990)

INMATES OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Dennis J. KEARNEY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max D. Stern and Lynn Weissberg, Stern & Shapiro, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Chester A. Janiak, Burns & Levinson, Boston, Mass., for the Sheriff of Suffolk Cty.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KEETON, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of the Sheriff of Suffolk County, pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 60(b)(5) and (6), to modify the April 9, 1979 consent decree between the parties in this case to the extent of permitting double-celling of inmates in 197 of the 316 regular male housing cells at the new Suffolk County jail at Nashua Street.

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This suit was brought in 1971 by inmates of the old Suffolk...

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