FRENCH v. DUCKWORTH

No. 97-3075.

178 F.3d 437 (1999)

Richard A. FRENCH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jack R. DUCKWORTH, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and United States of America, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamid R. Kashani, Kenneth J. Falk (argued), Indian Civil Liberties Union, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jon B. Laramore (argued), David A. Arthur, Office of the Atty.Gen., Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.

Margo Schlanger (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case began almost three decades ago when inmates at what is now the Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana filed a class action against the state claiming that certain conditions at the prison violated their constitutional rights. They obtained some of the relief they sought in an injunction that was affirmed by this court in French v. Owens, 777 F.2d 1250, 1258 (7th Cir.1985), and the...

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