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SMITH v. SULLIVAN

No. 76-1289.

553 F.2d 373 (1977)

Richard B. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sheriff Mike SULLIVAN et al., Defendants-Appellants. Hector Salvida AMAYA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sheriff Mike SULLIVAN et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Rodriguez, Jr., County Atty., Alan Nasits, Asst. County Atty., El Paso, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Bruce J. Ponder, Ruth E. Kern, El Paso, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Hector Amaya, pro se.

Before AINSWORTH and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and HUGHES, District Judge.

HUGHES, District Judge:

This civil rights suit considers conditions of life experienced by inmates of the El Paso County jail. The plaintiffs, Richard B. Smith and others are inmates at the El Paso County jail. They have brought these actions for themselves and as representatives comprising all the inmates of the jail.

The defendants are El Paso County officials charged with responsibility for the maintenance and supervision of the jail; Mike Sullivan, sheriff...

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