UNITED STATES EX REL. WOLFISH v. LEVI

No. 75 Civ. 6000 MEF.

406 F.Supp. 1243 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Louis WOLFISH et al., Relators, v. The Honorable Edward LEVI, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Respondents.

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

January 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Gallagher, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, for relators; Michael A. Young, Phylis Skloot Bamberger, New York City, of counsel.

Thomas J. Cahill, U. S. Atty., S.D. N.Y., New York City, for respondents; Louis G. Corsi, Victor J. Zupa, New York City, of counsel.


FRANKEL, District Judge.

On November 28, 1975, this habeas petition was brought as a class action by people detained at our Metropolitan Correctional Center ("MCC") — which was designed primarily for pretrial detainees, but also houses sentenced people (either serving their terms here or, more characteristically, awaiting shipment to a prison), witnesses in confinement, and some others — complaining of an array of the jail's conditions including alleged...

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