JONES v. WITTENBERG

No. C70-388.

323 F.Supp. 93 (1971)

Charles JONES et al., Plaintiffs, v. Sol WITTENBERG, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Ohio, W. D.

February 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc., Toledo, Ohio, Merritt W. Green, R. Michael Frank, Frank S. Merritt, Gerald B. Lackey, Marshall R. Desmond, Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiffs; Stanley A. Bass, New York City, of counsel.

Francis X. Gorman, Toledo, Ohio, for Charles Jones.

Prosecutor's Office of Lucas County, Ohio, Anthony Pizza and John Hayward, Toledo, Ohio, for defendants County Commissioners, Sheriff and Roberts.

Willard A. Johnson, City Law Dept., Toledo, Ohio, for defendant Wright.


MEMORANDUM

DON J. YOUNG, District Judge.

This action was commenced by a number of prisoners in the Lucas County Jail, on behalf of themselves individually and as representing a class of persons who either are or may be confined to this facility. The defendants are the three members of the Lucas County Board of County Commissioners, the Lucas County Sheriff, a person designated as keeper of the Lucas County Jail, and the Superintendent of Plumbing and Chief...

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