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SOUTHERLAND v. THIGPEN

No. 85-4868.

784 F.2d 713 (1986)

Diane SOUTHERLAND and Matthew Lee Ray, An Infant, by Diane Southerland As Next Friend, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Morris THIGPEN, Individually and In His Official Capacity as Director of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley Payne, Cynthia Stewart, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., Robert E. Gibbs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., Leonard C. Vincent, Staff Atty., Parchmen, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Diane Southerland, a Mississippi prison inmate, and her infant son Matthew Lee Ray appeal the district court's denial of their requested temporary injunction to prevent the state's interference with their breast-feeding relationship. On February 3, 1986, we affirmed the district court's denial of plaintiffs' preliminary injunction motion. This opinion states the reasons for our decision.

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