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HIGGS v. WILSON

Civ. A. Nos. 83-0256-P, 76-0079-P and 79-0092-P.

616 F.Supp. 226 (1985)

James Carl HIGGS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. George WILSON, et al., Defendants. Jerald L. KENDRICK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. David H. BLAND, et al., Defendants. James M. THOMPSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. David H. BLAND, et al., Defendants. United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Paducah Division.

June 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Carl Higgs, pro se.

Barbara W. Jones, Gen. Counsel, Linda G. Cooper, Dept. of Corrections, Frankfort, Ky., Hancy W. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., Mitchell W. Dale, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHNSTONE, District Judge.

Since approximately 1981 the Kentucky Department of Corrections has conducted a urinalysis procedure at the Kentucky State Reformatory and the Kentucky State Penitentiary in an attempt to curtail the use and dissemination of illicit drugs in those institutions. Urine specimens are periodically collected from certain inmates and tested for the presence of drugs with the Syva Emit drug detection system. If the...

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