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SPAIN v. PROCUNIER

No. 76-1095.

600 F.2d 189 (1979)

Johnny L. SPAIN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Raymond K. PROCUNIER et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Amended June 15, 1979.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Svetcov, Chief Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Fred J. Hiestand, Berkeley, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before DUNIWAY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, District Judge.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

Six prisoners in the California state prison at San Quentin brought this suit to establish that conditions of their confinement and certain practices directed against them by prison guards were in violation of the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Constitution. U. S. Const. amend. VIII. The action was commenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against the Director of

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