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STREETER v. HOPPER

No. 79-2355.

618 F.2d 1178 (1980)

Ron STREETER et al., Plaintiffs, Ron Streeter and Dwight Lindsey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph S. HOPPER, Warden, Georgia State Prison, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 13, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison Kohler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

Ralph Goldberg, Thomas McKee West, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before INGRAHAM, RONEY and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Finding that the lives and safety of plaintiffs Ron Streeter and Dwight Lindsey were endangered by their incarceration in the Georgia State Prison at Reidsville, the district court ordered their transfer to an institution in which their safety could be assured. Defendant state prison officials appeal, contending first that the complaint should have been dismissed for failure to exhaust state administrative and judicial remedies, and second that...

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