ROBERTS v. TAYLOR

Civ. A. No. 5075.

390 F.Supp. 705 (1975)

Michael ROBERTS and Robert W. Flint, Jr., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Donald C. TAYLOR, acting Director Rhode Island Department of Corrections, and James Mullen, Warden Adult Correctional Institutions, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

February 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Gonnella, Cary J. Coen, Providence, R. I., for plaintiffs.

W. Slater Allen, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Rhode Island, Providence, R. I., for defendants.


OPINION

DAY, District Judge.

This is a class action wherein the named plaintiffs, inmates at the Rhode Island State Adult Correctional Institutions (hereinafter the "A.C.I."), seek declaratory and injunctive relief to redress alleged violations of their constitutional rights by the defendants.1 Additionally, the plaintiffs seek, on behalf of—

". . . all adult persons incarcerated in the State of Rhode Island and...

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