WASHINGTON v. KELLER

Civ. No. T-78-1730.

479 F.Supp. 569 (1979)

John H. X. WASHINGTON, Harry William Bundy, Daniel W. Lightfoot, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Gerald A. KELLER, Edwin Goodlander and Hon. Harry R. Hughes, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

November 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Bekman, W. Michel Pierson and E. Dale Adkins, III, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Stephen B. Caplis and Paul Cuzmanes, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, Md., for defendants.

Justin N. Scharf, Hagerstown, Md., proposed intervenor, pro se.


THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.

This action was filed in September 1978 by two inmates of the Maryland Correctional Institution (MCI) against its Superintendent and the men who were then the Governor of the State and the Commissioner of the Maryland Division of Correction. Plaintiffs complained of overcrowding, inadequate medical conditions and inadequate food service; they sought injunctive relief. Those defendants filed a motion to dismiss or, in the alternative...

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