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JACKSON v. THORNBURGH

No. 89-5017.

907 F.2d 194 (1990)

Marline JACKSON, et al., Appellants, v. Richard K. THORNBURGH, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. DeBruin, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

John D. Bates, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., R. Craig Lawrence and Daniel Bensing, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for Federal appellees. Bradley L. Kelly, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for appellees.

Herbert O. Reid, Acting Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., and Martin B. White, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chevy Chase, Md., were on the brief for appellees District of Columbia, et al.

Before EDWARDS, WILLIAMS and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In order to reduce overcrowding in District of Columbia penal facilities, the District's Good Time Credits Act of 1986 grants early release to prisoners serving sentences in them. A group of female District offenders, housed in a federal facility and hence not covered by the law, challenges...

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