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GOMES v. TRAVISONO

Civ. A. No. 4794.

353 F.Supp. 457 (1973)

Douglas GOMES et al. v. Anthony P. TRAVISONO, Individually and in his capacity as Director of the Department of Corrections for the State of Rhode Island, et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 16, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cary J. Coen, John M. Roney, Gary Yesser, of Rhode Island Legal Services, Providence, R. I., Max Stern, Boston, Mass., Alton W. Wiley, Providence, R. I., for plaintiffs; Haywood Burns, National Conference of Black Lawyers, Stanley A. Bass, New York City, of counsel.

Richard J. Israel, Atty. Gen. of R. I., W. Slater Allen, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., for defendants.

OPINION

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

In a prison atmosphere of tension prevailing in the months after the Attica uprising, the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institution on November 18, 1971 shipped eleven inmates out to federal and state prisons throughout the country. Suspected of involvement in a plot to disrupt the prison, the inmates were summarily transferred out of state late in the evening, without prior notice or opportunity to contact family or counsel...

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