FRANKLIN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Civil Action No. 94-0511(JHG).

960 F.Supp. 394 (1997)

Robert FRANKLIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Mark Smith, Aurie Talbor Hall, DC Prisoners' Legal Services Project, Inc., Richard Edward Wallace, Jr., Callie Georgeann Pappas, Kenneth Wellington Brothers, John Justin Rosenthal, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Maria Claudia Amato, Nancy S. Schultz, Jacques Philippe Lerner, Office of Corporation Counsel, D.C., Washington, DC, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs represent a class of Hispanic prisoners who are or who will be incarcerated in District of Columbia correctional institutions. In this suit, they seek injunctive and a declaratory relief for alleged violations of the First, Fifth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, of 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d, 2000bb, and of D.C. law pendent to the...

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