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INMATES OF OCCOQUAN v. BARRY

Nos. 87-5055, 87-5295.

844 F.2d 828 (1988)

INMATES OF OCCOQUAN, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, et al., v. Marion S. BARRY, Mayor, et al., Appellants (Two Cases).

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Acting Corp. Counsel and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Jere Krakoff, with whom Edward I. Koren, Amherst, N.Y., and Alexa P. Freeman, were on the brief, for appellees. Alvin J. Bronstein, Peter J. Nickles, Alan A. Pemberton and John F. Seymour, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances, for appellees.

Before STARR and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges and HAROLD H. GREENE, Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

Dissenting Opinion filed by District Judge HAROLD H. GREENE.

STARR, Circuit Judge:

This case ushers us into the sensitive and difficult arena of prison-conditions litigation. In the wake of a prison riot, a number of inmates at the District of Columbia's facilities in Occoquan, Virginia, brought suit in federal district court, challenging their conditions...

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