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MILLER v. CARSON

No. 74-382-Civ-J-S.

401 F.Supp. 835 (1975)

Richard Franklin MILLER et al., Plaintiffs, v. Dale CARSON, Individually and in his capacity as Sheriff of Duval County, Florida, and the Consolidated City of Jacksonville, Florida, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

Order to Show Cause March 6, 1975.

Order Changing Parties March 17, 1975.

Opinion Awarding Attorneys' Fees June 12, 1975.

Order and Opinion and Permanent Injunction July 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Sheppard, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiffs.

William L. Coalson, Jacksonville, Fla., for "City Defendants."

T. Edward Austin, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., amicus curiae.

Laurence C. Pritchard, Jacksonville, Fla., for T. Edward Austin, amicus curiae.

Gerald Schneider, Jacksonville, Fla., for Jacksonville Hospital Authority.

Raymond W. Gearey, Jr., Atty., Fla. Div. of Corrections, Tallahassee, Fla., for Fla. Div. of Corrections and the other State defendants.

Donna Stinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Civil Div., Tallahassee, Fla., for Louie L. Wainwright.

Julius F. Parker, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., for Fla. Sheriff's Ass'n.

Charles B. Lembcke, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., for Mitchell A. Newberger, U. S. Marshal.

United States Magistrate, Ombudsman, Jacksonville, Fla.

ORDER AND DECLARATORY JUDGMENT

CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.

This is a class action with the Court having heretofore ruled that the action is properly maintainable by plaintiffs as a class action consisting of all persons, male and female, who are presently or in the future will be incarcerated in the Duval County Jail, Jacksonville, Florida. The purpose of this action is to improve the conditions which exist at the Duval County Jail.

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