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RUTHERFORD v. PITCHESS

No. CV 75-4111-WPG.

457 F.Supp. 104 (1978)

Dennis RUTHERFORD, Harold Taylor and Richard Orr, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Peter J. PITCHESS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

July 25, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Smerling, Fred Okrand, Jill Jakes, Mark D. Rosenbaum, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

John H. Larson, County Counsel, Frederick R. Bennett, Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

WILLIAM P. GRAY, District Judge.

This action seeks injunctive and declaratory relief, on constitutional grounds under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against certain practices and conditions of confinement at the Los Angeles County Central Jail (the "jail"). The court previously has established the plaintiff class as consisting of all prisoners in the jail since December 31, 1975. The court found that the class is so numerous that joinder is...

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