STEWARD v. HENDERSON

Civ. A. Nos. 17043, 17080 and 17266.

364 F.Supp. 283 (1973)

Mahlon STEWARD v. J. D. HENDERSON, Warden, and J. F. Alderete, Chief Medical Officer, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia. Patrick J. O'SHEA, Minister of Information, Jerry Mack Dorrough, Prime Minister; Individually and on behalf of members of the Church of the New Song; and all other inmates of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary v. J. D. HENDERSON, Warden, and J. A. Alderete, Chief Medical Officer; and all other non-inmate staff at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary Hospital. James H. MILLER et al. v. Richard G. KLEINDIENST, Attorney General of the United States, Department of Justice, and his Aiders/Abettors, e. g.; et al.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

October 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. C. Mykel, Atlanta, Ga. (Court-appointed), for plaintiffs.

John W. Stokes, U. S. Atty., Anthony M. Arnold, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.


ORDER

EDENFIELD, District Judge.

The above-captioned cases were consolidated and came on for a hearing on July 11 and September 25, 1973.

In Civil Action No. 17080, petitioners, prisoners at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, argue that the emergency medical treatment procedures and facilities at the prison are insufficient to ensure constitutionally adequate medical care for inmates suffering...

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