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ADAMS v. MATHIS

Civ. A. No. 74-70-S.

458 F.Supp. 302 (1978)

Ronald Paul ADAMS et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Nathan MATHIS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, S. D.

February 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Nomberg, Daleville, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Ira DeMent, while he was U. S. Atty. for M. D. Ala., Montgomery, Ala., his successor in office, Barry E. Teague, U. S. Atty., and Stephen A. Whinston, Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Jere C. Segrest, Hardwick, Hause & Segrest, Dothan, Ala., for the Chairman and Members of the Houston County Board of Commissioners and Houston County Sheriff A. B. Clark.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., Larry R. Newman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Birmingham, Ala., Robert S. Lamar, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Ball, Ball, Duke & Matthews, and Tom Radney, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Radney, Radney & Barnes, Alexander City, Ala., for Alabama Board of Corrections and its members.

Judson C. Locke, Jr., William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and James T. Pons, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for state and county public health officials.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Charles H. Barnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for the State Fire Marshal.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Ronald Paul Adams commenced this action by filing a complaint in this Court on November 18, 1974. The petitioner asked that the Court treat his complaint as a class action by all incarcerated in the Houston County Jail and sought an injunction prohibiting alleged constitutional deprivations, including overcrowding, poor sanitation, and inadequate diet and medical care. The United States became involved when...

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