INMATES OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY JAIL v. CLARK

Docket No. 27464.

144 Cal.App.3d 850 (1983)

192 Cal. Rptr. 823

INMATES OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY JAIL AT INDIO, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. BEN CLARK, as Sheriff etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

July 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gerald J. Geerlings, County Counsel, W.W. Miller, Assistant County Counsel, and Timothy J. Davis, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Appellant.

Gary Scherotter for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

MORRIS, P.J.

The sheriff of Riverside County has appealed from an order of the superior court granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of 31 inmates of the Riverside County jail. The petition alleged that the petitioners' detention was illegal in that the conditions of confinement violated state and federal constitutional standards.

Supporting declarations attached to the petition included complaints...

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