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JONES v. DIAMOND

No. 78-1289.

636 F.2d 1364 (1981)

Marvin JONES, on his own behalf and on behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Fred R. DIAMOND et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Lipman, Miami, Fla., John L. Walker, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles S. Ralston, Steven L. Winter, New York City, amicus curiae for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Raymond L. Brown, Pascagoula, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, BROWN, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., GARZA, HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POLITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Prisoners confined in the Jackson County jail in Pascagoula, Mississippi, either awaiting trial or already convicted, contend that conditions and practices in that jail violate federal constitutional guarantees,1 including the equal protection and due process clauses of the fourteenth amendment, the freedom of speech clause of the first amendment and the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the eighth amendment...

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