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WATSON v. RAY

No. 98-3443.

192 F.3d 1153 (1999)

Clinton Morse WATSON, Appellant, v. Robert RAY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed September 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gretchen T. Sierra, Student Legal Intern, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, argued (In addition John B. Whiston, College of Law, University of Iowa, and Timothy R. O'Connor, Student Legal Intern, University of Iowa), for Appellant.

Craig A. Kelinson, Des Moines, Iowa, argued (Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa and Gordon E. Allen, Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief), for Appellees.

John C. Hoyle, Washington, DC, argued (Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Don Carlos Nickerson, United States Attorney and Barbara L. Herwig, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Intervenor—Appellee United States.

Before McMILLIAN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and NANGLE, Senior District Judge.

NANGLE, Senior District Judge.

Clinton Morse Watson appeals the district court's2 termination of a consent decree issued in 1981 which addressed prison conditions at Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) in Fort Madison, Iowa. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

This case began as a class action filed in 1978 by inmates at ISP. The action was brought on behalf of all present and future general population inmates at ISP challenging the conditions...

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