IMPRISONED CITIZENS UNION v. RIDGE

No. 98-1536.

169 F.3d 178 (1999)

IMPRISONED CITIZENS UNION; Herbert Langes; Milton Taylor; Jack Lopinson; Mackey R. Choice; Richard O.J. Mayberry; Frank Patterson; Daniel Delker; Harold A.X. Brooks; Carline Coefield; Thelma Simon; Audrey Mason; Sharon Wiggins; Dominic Codispoti; Philip Householder; James Harbold; Joseph Oliver; Paul Lyons; Robert Brown; James Szulczewski; Gerald Mayo; Wesley Harris, v. Tom RIDGE, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General, State Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Martin F. Horn, Commissioner of the Department of Corrections; Donald Vaughn, Superintendent of Sci-Graterford; David Larkins, Superintendent of Sci-Dallas; Mary Leftridge-Byrd, Superintendent of Sci-Muncy; Frederick Frank, Superintendent of Sci-Huntingdon; Robert Myers, Acting Superintendent of Sci-Rockview; and James Price, Superintendent of Sci-Pittsburgh, United States of America, Intervenor in District Court (D.C. No. 70-cv-03054). Robert Ray; George Spears; Murry Dicterson; Clarence Reynolds; George Rivers; Albert Johnson; James Goldsborough; Joseph Ligon; Richard Bellamy; Emanuel Johnson; Gene Fuller; James C. Wilson; Carlos Rodriguez; Willie Brooker; Frank Hall, v. Donald Vaughn, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, United States of America, Intervenor in D.C. (D.C. No. 71-cv-00513). Kenneth W. Owens, Jr.; Guy J. Bicking; James Alan Romberger; Kenneth W. Teater, v. Custodial Employees and "Private Citizens", Listed Below; John Doe Murdock, Box 244 Graterford, PA; John Doe Belloff, Box 244 Graterford, PA; Erskind Dehamus, Box 244 Graterford, PA, United States of America, Intervenor in D.C. (D.C. No. 71-cv-01006). William Bracey, (G-8571), an inmate; James Pickett, (H-2720), an inmate; Clarence Samuels, (E-4517), an inmate on their own behalf and on behalf of others similarly situated, v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner, Bureau of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Donald Vaughn, Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford; Clarence R. Wolfe, Deputy Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford; Charles S. Frisbee, School Director State Correctional Institution at Graterford, United States of America, Intervenor in D.C. (D.C. No. 70-cv-02545). Imprisoned Citizens Union, Jack Lopinson, Daniel Delker, Gerald Mayo and Sharon Wiggins, on their behalf and on behalf of the class of all plaintiffs, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefan Presser (argued), American Civil Liberties, Union of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Paul A. Tufano, General Counsel, Sarah B. Vandenbraak (argued), Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Camp Hill, PA, for Defendants/Appellees.

Michael R. Stiles, United States Attorney, Barbara L. Herwig, Robert M. Loeb (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor/Appellee United States of America.

Before: SLOVITER, SCIRICA, and ALITO, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal the District Court's decision to terminate jurisdiction over a consent decree pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act. We affirm.

I.

A. The Consent Decree

In 1970, inmates at Pennsylvania's seven state prisons ("the Inmates") brought a class action lawsuit against various state officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Inmates alleged unconstitutional conditions...

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