INMATES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL v. RUFO

Civ. A. No. 71-162-REK.

844 F.Supp. 31 (1994)

INMATES OF the SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL, et al., Plaintiffs v. Robert C. RUFO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max D. Stern, Lynn G. Weissberg, Stern & Shapiro, Boston, MA, for plaintiffs.

Thomas O. Bean, Attorney General's Office, Douglas Wilkins, Office of the Atty. Gen., Criminal Bureau, Chester A. Janiak, Burns & Levinson, Boston, MA, for defendants.


Memorandum and Order

KEETON, District Judge.

This case is before the court on the revised motion of the defendant Robert C. Rufo (the "Sheriff") to modify the Consent Decree of May 7, 1979 (as modified by the orders of April 11, 1985 and April 22, 1985) to permit double-bunking of inmates at the Suffolk County jail at Nashua Street (Docket No. 278, filed August 9, 1993). Also before the court are plaintiffs' opposition (Docket No. 292, filed November 23...

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