UNITED STATES EX REL. CARMONA v. WARD

No. 75 Civ. 6219.

416 F.Supp. 272 (1976)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Martha CARMONA, Donna Foggie, and all other persons similarly situated, Petitioners, v. Benjamin WARD, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.

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

March 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Action Center of the City of New York, Inc., by Elizabeth B. DuBois, Risa G. Dickstein, Mark C. Morril, New York City, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City [of counsel], by Arthur L. Liman, Michael Meltsner, New York City [of counsel], Goldman & Hafetz, New York City [of counsel], by Frederick P. Hafetz, New York City, for petitioners.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., by Rhonda Amkraut Bayer, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MOTLEY, District Judge.

Petitioners in this habeas corpus proceeding challenge the constitutionality of the laws pursuant to which they are incarcerated, i. e., certain sections of the Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, and Correction Law of New York, as amended in 1973, governing the treatment of A felony drug offenders. By way of preliminary relief, petitioner Foggie has moved "pursuant to Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure...

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