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LAAMAN v. WARDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON

No. 00-1052.

238 F.3d 14 (2001)

Jaan LAAMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. WARDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott Berry with whom Alan Linder, and New Hampshire Legal Assistance, were on brief, for appellants.

Daniel J. Mullen, Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Philip T. McLaughlin, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

A 1975 civil rights suit by inmates in New Hampshire State Prison ultimately resulted in a consent decree, which was amended in 1990. In response to a 1993 suit alleging contempt of that decree, and pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "PLRA"), 18 U.S.C. § 3626, prison officials successfully moved to terminate the decree. The principal issue on appeal is when, if ever, must the district court afford inmates who allege...

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