JOHNSON v. DUFFY

No. 76-1562.

588 F.2d 740 (1978)

Bradley H. JOHNSON, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated presently incarcerated in adult facilities of the County of San Diego, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John F. DUFFY, Sheriff for the County of San Diego, Frank Woodson, Director of Adult Institutions of the San Diego County Probation Department, Le Roy Athey, Executive Superintendent of Adult Institutions of the San Diego County Probation Department, Does I-V, Members of the San Diego County Classification Committee, all parties named as in their official capacities as agents and employees of the County of San Diego, State of California, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney R. Jones, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William D. Smith, Deputy Co-counsel, San Diego, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before HUFSTEDLER and TANG, Circuit Judges, and TAKASUGI, District Judge.


HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

Johnson brought this civil rights action (42 U.S.C. § 1983) challenging the constitutional validity of the forfeiture of his accumulated earnings from work performed at an honor camp on the ground, among others, that the actions of the defendants deprived him of his property without due process of law. He initiated the suit as a class action, seeking both damages and declaratory relief, on...

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