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TERRELL v. SOWERS

No. 72-1590 Summary Calendar.

465 F.2d 886 (1972)

Pat TERRELL et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Louis M. SOWERS, Director, Louisiana Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth H. Z. Halstead, John B. Reed, New Orleans, La., for petitioners-appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Stacey Moak, Asst. Atty. Gen., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before WISDOM, GODBOLD and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the district court's refusal to enter a preliminary injunction restraining the defendants from confining one of the plaintiffs in the maximum security area as a disciplinary measure. The main complaint was filed by inmates of Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women charging unconstitutional conditions in the prison.

A motion for a preliminary injunction is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court. The trial...

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