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BISHOP v. STONEMAN

No. 137, Docket 74-1326.

508 F.2d 1224 (1974)

Jere BISHOP et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kent R. STONEMAN, Commissioner of Corrections of the State of Vermont, and Julius V. Moeykens, Warden, Vermont State Prison, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Dorsch, Springfield, Vt. (Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Springfield, Vt., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Alan W. Cook, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Corrections, Montpelier, Vt. (Charles A. Bristow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Corrections, Montpelier, Vt., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before, FRIENDLY, FEINBERG and GURFEIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs, prisoners at the Vermont State Prison, brought a class action against the State Commissioner of Corrections and the Warden of the Prison charging that medical facilities and medical care at the prison are grossly inadequate to meet the continuing needs of the inmates and that the defendants are deliberately indifferent to requests for essential medical treatment. They allege that this constitutes cruel and unusual punishment denying the prisoners...

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