Heard v. Hopper

Nichols, Chief Justice.

Appellants are inmates at the Georgia State Prison and brought this action on their own behalf and on behalf of other inmates similarly situated against the appellee warden for injunctive relief in connection with confinement in the prison’s Disciplinary Isolation and Adjustment Center facilities. Appellants also filed a petition to hold in contempt certain prison officials who failed to appear at the interlocutory hearing as subpoenaed witnesses.

After a hearing the trial court denied the injunctive relief prayed for and dismissed the contempt petition. Appellants…