BASS v. PERRIN

No. 96-3428.

170 F.3d 1312 (1999)

Frankie Lee BASS, Leonard Bean, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Everett I. PERRIN, Jr., L.R. Johnson, Richard L. Dugger, Thomas Barton, L.E. Turner, and A.D. Thornton, in their individual and official capacities, Harry K. Singletary, Jr., in his individual capacity, and Michael W. Moore, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth S. Siegel, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

P. David Brannon, Joy A. Stubbs, Corrections Litigation Branch, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and HOEVELER, Senior District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, inmates in the Florida State Prison, challenge certain prison practices and procedures. After careful consideration, we conclude that those practices are within the limits established by the United States Constitution.

I.

Frankie Lee Bass and Leonard Bean are inmates at the Florida State Prison in Starke, Florida. Throughout most of their confinement, each has been in "Close Management," a form of solitary...

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