GIARRATANO v. MURRAY

Civ. A. No. 85-0655-R.

668 F.Supp. 511 (1986)

Joseph M. GIARRATANO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edward W. MURRAY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

December 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Giarratano, pro se.

Gerald T. Zerkin and Michael Kozak, Zerkin, Heard & Kozak, Richmond, Va., Steven E. Landers, Jay Topkis, Deborah Livingston, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, Johnathan Sasser, Moore & Van Allen, Durham, N.C., Martha Geer, Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James & Harkavy, Greensboro, N.C., for plaintiffs.

Richard F. Gorman, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert Q. Harris, Guy W. Horsley, Jr., Richmond, Va., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this matter, a class consisting of certain present and future death row inmates, have filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various officials of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The jurisdiction of this Court is premised on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. Plaintiffs' contention is that Virginia is constitutionally required to provide them with counsel in post-conviction proceedings such...

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