NADEAU v. HELGEMOE

No. 76-1569.

561 F.2d 411 (1977)

Larry NADEAU et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Raymond A. HELGEMOE, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Kruse, Asst. Atty. Gen., Concord, N. H., with whom David H. Souter, Atty. Gen., and Richard B. Michaud, Atty., Concord, N. H., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Jeffry A. Shapira, Nashua, N. H., with whom Mark A. Larsen and Arpiar G. Saunders, Nashua, N. H., were on brief for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, MILLER, Judge.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

In this case, New Hampshire state prisoners in protective custody mount a constitutional attack on the conditions of their imprisonment. The decision of the district court largely favored the prisoners, and only the state has appealed. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

There are about thirty-five protective custody prisoners at the state prison. The life of a protective custody prisoner is, for the most part, boring and...

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