In re Jackson Lockdown/MCO Cases

OPINION AND ORDER APPROVING PROPOSED CONSENT JUDGMENT

COHN, District Judge.

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Before me for approval is a proposed consent judgment resolving this class action for injunctive and other relief arising out of the May, 1981 riots and post-riots lockdown at the State Prison of Southern Michigan at Jackson (SPSM). On April 11, 1985, I certified a class of between 6,000 and 10,000 persons, all of whom were under the Michigan Department of Corrections’ jurisdiction and prisoners at SPSM at any time from May 21, 1981 through August 31, 1981.1 There are forty-eight named plaintiffs who have filed…