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ADAMS v. MATHIS

No. 78-2035.

614 F.2d 42 (1980)

Ronald Paul ADAMS, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. Nathan MATHIS et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. Roy L. THORNELL, State Fire Marshal, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Lamar, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., W. Scears Barnes, Jr., Alexander City, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Joel M. Nomberg, Daleville, Ala., for Ronald Paul Adams.

Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Rights Div., John B. Oakley, Barry E. Teague, U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Kenneth E. Vines, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Walter W. Barnett, Joan F. Hartman, Attys., Appellate Section, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the U. S.

Charles H. Barnes, State Dept. of Ins., David E. Allred, Montgomery, Ala., for Roy L. Thornell, State Fire Marshal.

Before AINSWORTH and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This class litigation was instituted by the filing of a pro se complaint alleging serious constitutional violations in the operation of the Houston County Jail in Dothan, Alabama. In March 1975 the Court granted the motion of the United States to intervene and subsequently certified a class of plaintiffs consisting of all inmates of the jail at any time since the suit was filed, as well as all future inmates to be confined in that facility.

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