HIGGS v. BLAND

Nos. 88-5348, 88-5352.

888 F.2d 443 (1989)

James Carl HIGGS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. David H. BLAND, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Carl Higgs, Eddyville, Ky., pro se.

Elmer Deaton, et al, pro se.

Thomas J. Banaszynski, Oliver H. Barber, Jr., Gittleman, Bleidt & Barber, Joseph S. Elder, II, argued, Robert A. Lee, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas B. Ray, pro se.

Barbara W. Jones, Glenda Hardison, Office of the Atty. Gen. of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky., Joseph M. Whittle, U.S. Atty., Hancy Jones, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., Mitchell Dale, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D.C., Connie V. Malone argued, Office of General Counsel, Frankfort, Ky., Linda G. Cooper, argued, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before KEITH, KENNEDY and RYAN, Circuit Judges.


KEITH, Circuit Judge.

In this consolidated action, plaintiffs, two classes of prisoners incarcerated at the Kentucky State Penitentiary ("KSP") and the Kentucky State Reformatory ("KSR") appeal from the denial of their motion to alter or amend the order of the district court denying a preliminary injunction enjoining defendants, various Kentucky Department of Corrections officials, from taking disciplinary action against prisoners based on urinalysis tests for drugs...

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