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ROBERTS v. TAYLOR

Nos. 75-1164 and 75-1170.

540 F.2d 540 (1976)

Michael ROBERTS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald C. TAYLOR et al., Defendants-Appellants. Michael ROBERTS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald C. TAYLOR et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Gonnella, Providence, R. I., with whom Hodosh, Spinella, Hodosh & Angelone, Cary J. Coen, and Winograd, Shine & Zacks, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for Michael Roberts and others.

William Granfield Brody, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., with whom Julius C. Michaelson, Atty. Gen., and Ronald A. Dwight, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., were on brief, for Donald C. Taylor and others.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

The named plaintiffs-appellees, inmates at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), brought a class action claiming that certain practices adhered to by the defendants during the regular course of disciplinary proceedings at the ACI suffer from constitutional infirmities. Specifically, they contend that inmates who have been charged with violations of prison rules and regulations and who are also the subject of separate state...

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