JOHNSON v. ANDERSON

Civ. A. No. 4534.

420 F.Supp. 845 (1976)

Lester M. JOHNSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. Raymond W. ANDERSON et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, Delaware.

September 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul P. Welsh, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs.

Francis A. Reardon, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, Del., for defendants.


OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge.

This is an action brought under the Civil Rights Act1 by a number of inmates of the Delaware Correctional Center at Smyrna, Delaware. Plaintiffs complained of having been transferred from within the maximum security wing of the prison to the "isolation section" (solitary confinement) without a hearing and, inter alia, about the restrictions placed on their access to legal materials while...

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