CRAWFORD-EL v. BRITTON

No. 91-7023.

951 F.2d 1314 (1991)

Leonard Rollon CRAWFORD-EL, Appellee, v. Patricia BRITTON and District of Columbia Department of Corrections, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1991.

As Amended December 27, 1991.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Office of the Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants. Lutz Alexander Prager, Attorney, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Daniel M. Schember, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before BUCKLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and ALAN D. LOURIE, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Because of overcrowding in the District of Columbia prison system, plaintiff Leonard Rollon Crawford-El was shuffled about between its Lorton, Virginia facility and several other places of custody. He was first transferred in December 1988 to the Spokane County Jail in the state of Washington, then in the late summer and early fall of 1989 back to Lorton, and ultimately...

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