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HENDKING v. SMITH

No. 84-7654.

781 F.2d 850 (1986)

Willie C. HENDKING, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Fred V. SMITH, et al. Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Boyd Miller, Nicholas Nagrich, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Harry A. Lyles, Dept. of Correction, Bobby N. Bright, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

Appellant's class action challenges on equal protection grounds1 an Alabama prison rule which excludes from certain privileges inmates with a history of violent sex offenses. We affirm the judgment below in favor of appellees.

Alabama classifies convicts into five groups with respect to the threat to security which they present: maximum, close, medium, minimum, and community. A minimum security...

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