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INMATES OF OCCOQUAN v. BARRY

Civ. A. No. 86-2128.

717 F.Supp. 854 (1989)

INMATES OF OCCOQUAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Marion BARRY, Mayor, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adjoa A. Aiyetoro, Edward I. Koren, Stuart H. Adams, Nat. Prison Project of the American Civ. Liberties Union, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Frederick D. Cooke, Corp. Counsel, Martin L. Grossman, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Paul A. Quander, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

OPINION

JUNE L. GREEN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, inmates confined at the District of Columbia's Occoquan Facility of the Lorton Correctional Complex, brought this action claiming violations of their eighth amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief, contending that an excessive inmate population; deficiencies in environmental health and safety; food services; fire safety; medical and dental services...

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