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WILLIAMS v. McKEITHEN

No. 90-3500.

939 F.2d 1100 (1991)

Hayes WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. John J. McKEITHEN, et al., Defendants, William Belt, Sheriff of Avoyelles Parish, et al., Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Ross & Hardies, Washington, D.C., John Baker, Baton Rouge, La., A.J. Roy, Jr., Marksville, La., for Belt.

Lutz A. Prager, Asst. Deputy, Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Office of Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for District of Columbia.

T. Allen Usry, Usry & Weeks, Freeman R. Matthews, Metairie, La., for Acadia Sheriff, et al.

Luke Fontana, New Orleans, La., for Hayes Williams, et al.

Keith B. Nordyke, Nordyke & Denlinger, Baton Rouge, La., (court-appointed), Robert Kendall, Jr., Asst. Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Div., Justice Dept., Linda S. Wendtland, Atty., Washington, D.C., for inmates.

Before WISDOM, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

On June 25, 1990, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction generally directing Sheriff William Belt (Belt) of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, all other Louisiana sheriffs, and the District of Columbia (the District) to ensure that all prisoners held in Louisiana parish jails pursuant to agreements with the District be removed from all such jails by July 15, 1990.1<...

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