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U.S. v. SPEARS

Nos. 86-7078, 86-7224.

827 F.2d 705 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry E. SPEARS; Matthew D. Jordan; Albert E. Williams; Anthony Q. Gibson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Bell, U.S. Atty., David L. Allred, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Irving Gornstein, Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Mark L. Gross, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

David Cromwell Johnson, Birmingham, Ala., for Spears.

H. Lewis Gillis, Montgomery, Ala., for Jordan.

Ronald Wise, DeMent & Wise, Montgomery, Ala., for Williams.

Johnny Hardwick, Montgomery, Ala., for Gibson.

Before HILL and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

HILL, Circuit Judge:

On June 13, 1983, a riot occurred at the Kilby Correctional Facility in Alabama. This appeal involves the federal prosecutions of prison officials who are charged with excessive use of force in stopping the riots and in operation of the prisons during a period of several days after the riots. Perjury charges also resulted from testimony which various prison officials gave before the grand jury.

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