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DOHNER v. McCARTHY

No. CV 83-7587 PAR.

635 F.Supp. 408 (1985)

Alan R. DOHNER; Wendell Holmes; D. Lee Goldstein IV; Gerald Vinson King; Bruce William Lee; and William Collazo; individually and as representative of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. D.J. McCARTHY, Director of the California Department of Corrections; and W. Estelle, Superintendent, California Men's Colony, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

October 9, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Hagar, Jr., Marina Del Rey, Cal., Fred Okrand, ACLU, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Carol S. Fredericks, Donald E. De Nicola, Deputy Attys. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

RYMER, District Judge.

This is a class action in which plaintiffs, inmates at the California Men's Colony ("CMC"), challenge the constitutionality of conditions of confinement. They seek to enjoin defendants, the Director of the California Department of Corrections and officials in charge of the prison, from continuing certain practices which they claim amount to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth...

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