GRUMMETT v. RUSHEN

No. C-82-0563 SW.

587 F.Supp. 913 (1984)

George GRUMMETT, John Weichman, and Richard Johnson, Plaintiffs, v. Ruth RUSHEN, Director, California Department of Corrections, Reginald L. Pulley, Warden, San Quentin State Prison, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

June 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Satris, Donald Specter, Constance Bakkerud, Prison Law Office, San Quentin, Cal., for plaintiffs.

John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., State of Cal., Nelson Kempsky, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., William D. Stein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Karl S. Mayer, Thomas P. Dove, Deputy Attys. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.


OPINION

SPENCER WILLIAMS, District Judge.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs, inmates at San Quentin State Prison, brought this class action to obtain a declaration of their rights under 28 U.S.C. Section 2201. They asserted that the prison policy of allowing female correctional officers to view male inmates in states of partial or total nudity while dressing, showering, being strip searched, or using toilet facilities, violates rights of...

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