Ron Streeter, Ron Streeter and Dwight Lindsey v. Joseph S. Hopper, Warden, Georgia State Prison

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Finding that the lives and safety of plaintiffs Ron Streeter and Dwight Lindsey were endangered by their incarceration in the Georgia State Prison at Reidsville, the district court ordered their transfer to an institution in which their safety could be assured. Defendant state prison officials appeal, contending first that the complaint should have been dismissed for failure to exhaust state administrative and judicial remedies, and second that the district court’s finding that plaintiffs’ lives and safety were endangered is clearly erroneous. We affirm.

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