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OWENS-EL v. ROBINSON

Civ. A. Nos. 75-412 and 76-743.

442 F.Supp. 1368 (1978)

Kenneth OWENS-EL and Inmates and Future Residents of Allegheny County Jail, Plaintiffs, v. William ROBINSON and James Jennings, Defendants. INMATES OF the ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL, Thomas Price Bey, Arthur Goslee, Robert Maloney, and Calvin Milligan on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Robert PEIRCE, Chairman, Allegheny County Board of Prison Inspectors and all other members of the Board, James Jennings, Warden, Allegheny County Jail, and James Flaherty, Robert Peirce and Thomas Foerster, Commissioners for Allegheny County, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere Krakoff, Neighborhood Legal Services, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs in No. 76-743.

John G. Arch, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

COHILL, District Judge.

I

Jurisdiction and Background

Plaintiff, Kenneth Owens-El, is a former inmate of the Allegheny County Jail ("jail"), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1975 he filed a pro se suit (one filed by himself without legal counsel), challenging the constitutionality of the conditions under which inmates of the jail are confined and seeking money damages and equitable relief. The complaint named as a defendant...

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