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DAVIS v. LINDSAY

No. 70 Civ. 4793.

321 F.Supp. 1134 (1970)

Angela Y. DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. John V. LINDSAY, individually and as Mayor of the City of New York, George McGrath, individually and as Commissioner of the Department of Corrections of the City of New York, Jessie Behagen, individually and as Superintendent of the Women's House of Detention of the City of New York, Paul McGinnis, individually and as Commissioner of the Department of Corrections of the State of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

November 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Napoleon Williams, Harold Washington, Haywood Burns, New York City, for plaintiff; Margaret Burnham, Stanley Bass, New York City, of counsel.

J. Lee Rankin, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants other than Paul McGinnis; James Nespole and Leonard Bernikow, New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. State of N. Y., New York City, for defendant Paul McGinnis; Stephen P. Seligman, New York City, of counsel.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LASKER, District Judge.

Angela Davis is held in custody in the New York City Women's House of Detention pending the outcome of extradition proceedings brought by the State of California, which has charged her with kidnapping and homicide. She moves for a preliminary injunction restraining the defendants from holding her in solitary facilities, separate and apart from the general inmate population, and for restoration of privileges accorded...

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