McMURRY v. PHELPS

Civ. A. No. 77-1289.

533 F.Supp. 742 (1982)

James Troy McMURRY, et al. v. C. Paul PHELPS, et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

January 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Duhon, Mary Louise Strong, North Louisiana Legal Assistance Corp., Monroe, La., R. James Kellogg, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

V. Gerald Dean, Grant, Scott & Dean, Monroe, La., for defendant, Bailey Grant, Sheriff.

Ben R. Hanchey, Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, Monroe, La., for defendant, Ouachita Parish Police Jury.

J. Marvin Montgomery, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., for State defendants.


OPINION

STAGG, District Judge.

This suit, brought as a class action1 by inmates of the Ouachita Parish Jail, challenges conditions of confinement at the Parish Jail located on the top floor of the Ouachita Parish Courthouse. The suit was filed seeking declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C., § 19832 for alleged deprivations of the...

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