FRENCH v. OWENS

No. IP 75-677-C.

538 F.Supp. 910 (1982)

Richard A. FRENCH, Morris E. Dozier, Martin W. Bradberry, Henry C. Jennings, On behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Norman OWENS, Individually and in his capacity as Superintendent of the Indiana Reformatory; Cloid Schuler, In his capacity as Executive Director of the Adult Authority, Indiana Department of Correction; Gordon Faulkner, In his capacity as Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Correction, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Indiana, Indianapolis Division.

May 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Lundberg, Legal Services Organization, Indianapolis, Ind., Stephen A. Whinston, Charles Ory, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Sarah Evans Barker, U. S. Atty., Harold R. Bickham, Asst. U. S. Atty., Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen. of Ind., David Arthur, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

DILLIN, District Judge.

This is a class action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by four inmates in the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton, Indiana on behalf of all persons who are or will be confined in the Reformatory. The inmates allege that the conditions, rules, and practices at the Reformatory violate inmates' rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and by the Indiana Constitution and laws of the state. The inmates...

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