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POWELL v. WARD

No. 74 Civ. 4628.

392 F.Supp. 628 (1975)

Elizabeth POWELL et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin WARD et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

April 23, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bronx Legal Services Corp., Stephen Latimer, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Mortimer Sattler, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.

OPINION

STEWART, District Judge:

This is a class action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to enjoin the officials at New York's two state prisons for women from enforcing prison disciplinary procedures unless and until they comply with the guidelines set forth by the Supreme Court last term in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974). Plaintiffs...

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