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BENJAMIN v. FRASER

Docket Nos. 01-7533(L), 01-7876(CON), 01-7934(XAP), 02-7115(CON).

343 F.3d 35 (2003)

James BENJAMIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. William J. FRASER, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 2, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth I. Freedman, Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of New York (Leonard Koerner, Florence A. Hutner, June R. Buch, Assistant Corporation Counsels, on the brief), for Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Daniel L. Greenberg, The Legal Aid Society, Prisoners' Rights Project (John Boston, Dale A. Wilker, Madeline H. delone, Lisa Freeman, on the brief), New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, B.D. PARKER, JR., and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the effect of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PLRA"), Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996), on consent decrees settling seven class actions brought by pretrial detainees challenging the conditions of confinement at fourteen jails in New York City. At issue now are environmental and related health conditions at these institutions. When defendants-appellants, the City of New York, the Department of...

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