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MEYERS v. ALLDREDGE

No. 72-1819.

492 F.2d 296 (1974)

Joel MEYERS et al., Appellants, v. Noah ALLDREDGE, Warden, United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Schwartz, Prisoners' Rights Project, American Civ. Liberties Union Foundation, Amherst, N. Y., Michele Hermann, Legal Aid Society, New York City, Leonard Kolleeny, New York City, Counsel for Prisoners Solidarity Comm., Ambrose Campana, ACLU of Pennsylvania, Williamsport, Pa., for appellants.

S. John Cottone, U. S. Atty., and Julius Altman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., Clair A. Cripe, Asst. Gen. Counsel, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before STALEY, VAN DUSEN and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court decision and order1 dismissing a complaint filed by eleven inmates at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, challenging the actions of prison administrators during and after a work stoppage at Lewisburg in February 1972.2 In their complaint, filed on behalf of themselves and all inmates at Lewisburg,

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