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ALEXANDER S. v. BOYD

Civ. A. No. 3:90-3062-17.

876 F.Supp. 773 (1995)

ALEXANDER S., Alfred S., Benny B., Christopher M., Lafayette M., and Ricky S., By and Through their Guardian ad Litem, Lesly A. BOWERS, individually and as representatives of a class of juveniles, Plaintiffs, v. Flora Brooks BOYD, individually and in her official capacity as Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice; Richard E. McLawhorn, individually and in his official capacity as former Commissioner of the Department of Juvenile Justice for the State of South Carolina; John F. Henry, Frank Mauldin, Kathleen P. Jennings, Joseph W. Hudgens, Karole Jensen and J.P. Neal, individually and in their official capacities as former Board Members for the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

As Modified on Denial of Reconsideration February 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gaston Fairey, Rochelle Lyn Romosca, Fairey, Parise & Mills, P.A., Robert O. Meriwether, Alice V. Harris, William S. Brown, M. Clifton Scott, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Nancy C. McCormick, Holly C. Walker, South Carolina Protection and Advocacy System for the Handicapped, Inc., Columbia, SC, for plaintiffs.

Edward M. Woodward, Frances G. Smith, Woodward, Levintis, Unger, Daves, Herndon & Cothran, Vinton D. Lide, Lide, Montgomery & Potts, Larry L. Vanderbilt, S.C. Dept. of Juvenile Justice, Columbia, SC, for defendants.

Richard A. Harpootlian, A. Randolph Hough, Sol. Office, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Columbia, SC, amicus curiae.

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER

JOSEPH F. ANDERSON, Jr., District Judge.

This is an action initiated by juveniles incarcerated at the four correctional institutions maintained and operated by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). The Plaintiffs initiated this action on December 28, 1990 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, from the Defendants, the DJJ commissioner and board members. The Plaintiffs...

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