Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Cuomo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 26, 1984No. 494, Docket 84-7813PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
In this action by inmates of the Long Island Correctional Facility (LICF), defendants appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Frank X. Altimari, Judge, that granted the inmates’ application for a preliminary injunction prohibiting defendants from closing LICF pending a trial on the merits. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.
Background
In June of 1982, the New York State correctional system was filled to 114 percent of its permanent housing capacity for prisoners. As part of an ongoing response to the…
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