COOPER v. NOBLE

No. 93-7678.

33 F.3d 540 (1994)

James COOPER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. W.B. "Billy" NOBLE, Sheriff of Madison County, et al., Defendants, Jessie Hopkins, Sheriff of Madison County, Robert J. Dowdle, Marcus Sharpe, David H. Richardson, Karl M. Banks & J.L. McCullough, Members of the Madison County Board of Supervisors, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Cowan, C.R. Montgomery, Montgomery, Smith-Vaniz & McGraw, Jackson, MS, for appellants.

Tara Walker, Terry Wallace, Central Miss. Legal Srv., Ronald Reid Welch, Jackson, MS, for appellees.

Before WIENER, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Madison County officials1 appeal the United States Magistrate Judge's denial of their motion for relief from a consent judgment governing jail conditions in Madison County, Mississippi, and his finding of contempt for violations of that judgment. Finding no reversible error in the magistrate judge's rulings, we affirm.

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