BENSON v. COUNTY OF ORANGE

No. SACV 90-1964-GLT.

788 F.Supp. 1123 (1992)

Todd R. BENSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The COUNTY OF ORANGE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

April 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Linfield, Dan Stormer, Hadsell & Stormer, Los Angeles, Cal., Paul W. Comiskey, Prisoners Rights Union, Sacramento, Cal., Richard P. Herman, Balboa Island, Cal., Charles E. McClung, Jr., McClung & Davis, Laguna Hills, Cal., Robert J. Cohen, Crystal C. Sims, Legal Aid Soc. of Orange County, Santa Ana, Cal., Paul Hoffman, ACLU Foundation of So. Cal., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Terry C. Andrus, County Counsel, and James L. Turner, Deputy, Santa Ana, Cal., for defendants.


ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

TAYLOR, District Judge.

This case raises as its main issue the seldom-litigated topic of the constitutional adequacy of jail visiting times. The County has reduced visitation to two days a week at four of its five jails. The court holds that the new schedule does not violate any prohibition of the Constitution.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs, prisoners in the Orange County jail system, filed this...

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