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AUSTIN v. WILKINSON

No. 4:01-CV-071.

204 F.Supp.2d 1024 (2002)

Charles E. AUSTIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Reginald A. WILKINSON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

March 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice Lynd, Law Office of Straughton & Alice Lynd, Niles, OH, Bill Goodman, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, Jillian S. Davis, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Cleveland, OH, Jules L. Lobel Pittsburgh, PA, Michael J. Benza, Law Office of Jeffry F. Kelleher, Cleveland, OH, Raymond V. Vasvari, Jr., American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Terry H. Gilbert, Friedman & Gilbert, Cleveland, OH, Staughton Lynd, Law Office of Staughton & Alice Lynd, Niles, OH, for plaintiffs.

Carol H. O'Brien, Joseph M. Mancini, Office of the Attorney General, State of Ohio, Corrections Litigation Section, Columbus, OH, Jeffrey A. Stankunas, Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor, Columbus, OH, Marianne Pressman, Office of the Attorney General, State of Ohio, Corrections Litigation Section, Cincinnati, OH, Mark Landes, Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor, Columbus, OH, for defendants.

ORDER

GWIN, District Judge.

On February 25, 2002, the Court found that the plaintiff inmates have a liberty interest entitled to constitutional protection because the length of their placement at the Ohio State Penitentiary ("OSP"), and the severity of its restrictive conditions, imposes an atypical and a significant hardship upon the inmates. The Court held that the defendants violated the plaintiff class's right to due process by denying the plaintiffs...

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