Legal Opinion
Brown v. Pitchess
California Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1975No. L.A. 30313PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CLARK, J.
The action for declaratory and injunctive relief under the federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) was filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on behalf of the individual plaintiffs and all other unsentenced Los Angeles County jail inmates representing themselves against criminal charges. Plaintiff “pro. pers.” complained of a variety of alleged conditions of their confinement, including the inadequacy of the jail law library and the prohibition against their giving legal assistance to sentenced inmates.
Denying relief in all other respects, the court granted…
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