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DIMARZO v. CAHILL

Nos. 77-1416 and 77-1417.

575 F.2d 15 (1978)

James DIMARZO et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert E. CAHILL et al., Defendants-Appellees, Frank A. Hall, Defendant-Appellant. James DIMARZO et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert E. CAHILL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1978.

As Amended May 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Claridge, Counsel, Dept. of Correction, Boston, Mass., and John N. Nestor, Lynn, Mass., with whom Lee Carl Bromberg, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Alvin J. Bronstein, Boston, Mass., with whom Susan E. T. Studlien and Ernest Winsor, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Commissioner of Correction Hall and Essex County Sheriff Cahill appeal from an order by the district court mandating certain changes in the Essex County Jail and House of Correction (hereafter "Essex"). Sheriff Cahill filed no brief in support of his appeal; he was represented at oral argument where his counsel stated that the sheriff's position was ministerial only and that he has tried to comply with the court order to the extent within his...

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