BELL v. MANSON

No. 1093, Docket 78-2025.

590 F.2d 1224 (1978)

Bradley BELL, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Charles Mendes and Darnell Tatem, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, v. John R. MANSON, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sue L. Wise, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiffs-appellants and plaintiffs-intervenors-appellants.

Stephen J. O'Neill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Carl R. Ajello, Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before LUMBARD and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges, and HOLDEN, District Judge.


HOLDEN, District Judge:

The plaintiff represents a class of pretrial detainees confined at the Bridgeport Community Correctional Center (Center), a state correctional facility in Connecticut. The action was instituted by the plaintiff Bell, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201, to obtain declaratory and injunctive relief against strip search procedures conducted by the defendant state correctional ...

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