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JONES v. DIAMOND

No. 74-3098.

519 F.2d 1090 (1975)

Marvin JONES, on his own behalf and on behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fred R. DIAMOND, Individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Jackson County, Mississippi, and his agents, subordinates and employees, et al., etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Walker, Jr., Jackson, Miss., David M. Lipman, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond L. Brown, Pascagoula, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and GOLDBERG and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case is a virtual paradigm of the therapy afforded by Rule 23 in section 1983 claims. Marvin Jones, a black prisoner confined in jail awaiting trial,1 instituted this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in an attempt to reform the conditions of the Jackson County jail.2 Shortly thereafter, to his consternation, his efforts were aborted by an order of the district court denying his...

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