Legal Opinion
Gates v. Cook
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 21, 2000No. 99-60609, 00-60129 and 00-60130PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Members of a settlement class made up of HIV-positive inmates in Mississippi jails appeal from the district court’s denial of their motions to intervene and substitute counsel, as well as its denial of attorneys *225fees for the proposed substitute counsel. Appellants also contest an order banning contact between proposed substitute counsel and class members regarding prison conditions. As discussed below, we find the no-contact order to be insufficiently supported and unnecessarily broad and therefore vacate it. We also find that the district court erred in denying…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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