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LAWSON v. SINGLETARY

No. 94-4663.

85 F.3d 502 (1996)

Robert Lee LAWSON, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections; S.W. Sprouse, Superintendent, Hendry Correctional Institution; William E. Counselman, Educational Supervisor; Stephen Spencer, Chaplain, Hendry Correctional Institution; and Paul Coburn, Assistant Superintendent, Hendry Correctional Institution, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Vail, Office of Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for appellants.

Peter M. Siegel, Randall C. Berg, Jr., Miami, FL, for appellee.

Before ANDERSON and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and YOUNG, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This case began as a pro se complaint by plaintiff-appellee Robert Lawson, filed in 1983. Counsel was appointed, and a class certified. The plaintiff class represented by Lawson (hereinafter "Hebrew Israelites" or "plaintiffs") is made up of members of the Hebrew Israelite faith currently serving time in the Florida prison system. The basis for their original complaint was that officials of the defendant-appellant, the Florida Department of Corrections...

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