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PRESTON v. THOMPSON

Nos. 78 C 3512, 78 C 3006.

565 F.Supp. 294 (1983)

Henry PRESTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James THOMPSON, et al., Defendants. PRISONERS OF PONTIAC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James THOMPSON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

March 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Flint Taylor, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Jan Susler, Carbondale, Ill., David Thomas, Shelley Bannister, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Patricia J. Bornor, Legal Counsel, Illinois Dept. of Corrections, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.

These actions arose from "deadlocks" imposed by Illinois corrections officials at the Pontiac and Stateville prisons immediately following a violent disturbance by Pontiac inmates in July 1978. In Prisoners of Pontiac Correctional Center v. Thompson, No. 78 C 3006 (N.D.Ill. filed July 27, 1978), plaintiffs challenged the loss of attorney — inmate contact caused by the deadlocks. In late...

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