WOMEN PRISONERS OF D.C. CORRECT. v. D.C.

Nos. 95-7041, 95-7205.

93 F.3d 910 (1996)

WOMEN PRISONERS OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Appellees, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Garland Pinkston, Jr., Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the briefs, argued the cause for appellants. Lutz A. Prager, Assistant Deputy Corporation Counsel, entered an appearance.

Peter J. Nickles, Washington, DC, with whom Caroline M. Brown, Tracy A. Thomas, and Brenda V. Smith, were on the brief, argued the cause for appellees.

Before SILBERMAN, BUCKLEY, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

Opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS, concurring in part and dissenting in part.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

In this case, appellants raise a number of challenges to a district court judgment ordering them to improve conditions at various District of Columbia ("District" or "D.C.") facilities in which women are imprisoned. The district court found that the...

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