HOOKS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 77-3308.

578 F.2d 1102 (1978)

Harold Raymond HOOKS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Michael E. Provence, Howard Douglas and Ray Broadhead, Intervenors-Appellees, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, etc., Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Bernard S. McLendon, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Sherrill, Jr., Chief Trial Counsel, Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellant.

Charles H. Livingston, Sarasota, Fla., for Hooks, et al.

John T. Chandler, Henry George White, Fla. Legal Services, Inc., Prison Project, Gainesville, Fla., for Provence, et al.

Before RONEY, RUBIN and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In 1971, the named plaintiff, relying on 42 U.S.C. § 1983, filed an individual suit and a class action contending that the inmates of Florida's state correctional institutions were unable properly to seek post conviction relief without legal books and services, and attacking the asserted insufficiency of the legal services provided them. On December 6, 1972, the lower court first directed the defendant to file a plan for the "speedy implementation...

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