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DUCKWORTH v. WILLIAMS

No. 3-1085-A-292.

494 N.E.2d 368 (1986)

J.R. DUCKWORTH, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, Appellant (Defendant below), v. Ralph WILLIAMS, Ernest Strickland, Arthur Wilson, James Hendrix, Frank Wright, Donald Sceifers, Robert Huggins, James Lynn, William Adams, Donald Lock, Samuel Brown, Edward Henderson, Lee Lynk, James Maxey, Willard Swanson, Hollis L. Manna, David A. Green, and David L. Williams, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

July 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., David A. Arthur, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellant.

Lawrence W. Arness, Michigan City, for appellees.

STATON, Presiding Judge.

The trial court below ordered the State Department of Corrections (Department) to allow counsel for certain offenders confined at the Indiana State Prison to inspect the offenders' confidential files in preparation for parole or clemency hearings. The Department appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in granting the order.

We reverse and remand for an in camera inspection of the files by the trial court.

This appeal is...

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