DETAINEES OF BROOKLYN HOUSE OF DETENTION v. MALCOLM

No. 73 C 261.

421 F.Supp. 832 (1976)

DETAINEES OF the BROOKLYN HOUSE OF DETENTION FOR MEN et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin MALCOLM, Commissioner of Correction of the City of New York, et al., Defendants.

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

October 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Society Prisoners' Rights Society for plaintiffs by William E. Hellerstein, Joel Berger, Michael B. Mushlin, Eric Neisser, New York City, of counsel.

W. Bernard Richland, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants by Donald J. Tobias, New York City, of counsel.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BRAMWELL, District Judge.

In this civil rights class action, plaintiffs move for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on one of the issues which remains before the Court. The action in its entirety concerns the conditions of incarceration for pretrial detainees at the Brooklyn House of Detention (BHD).1 Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief, enjoining defendants from...

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