GATES v. COLLIER

No. 75-2397.

525 F.2d 965 (1976)

Nazareth GATES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. John COLLIER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Haber, Boulder, Colo., Herman Wilson, David Lipman, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Roger Googe, James M. Ward, Asst. Attys. Gen., A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Shawn Moore, Paul S. Lawrence, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before COLEMAN, CLARK and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is taken from the district court's refusal to modify its prior injunctive order in response to allegations of racial discrimination toward inmates in the employment and training of personnel at the Mississippi State Penitentiary; and from the modification of the prisoner mail regulation contained in the prior order which plaintiffs asserted was modified in a manner which violates the ruling of Procunier v. Martinez, 416...

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