Legal Opinion
Fischer v. Winter
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 19, 1983No. C-76-2208 RFPPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
PECKHAM, Chief Judge.
This matter came on for trial concerning overcrowded conditions at the Santa Clara County Women’s Detention Facility (“WDF”) in Milpitas, California. Having heard the testimony and having considered the post-trial submissions of counsel, the court now enters its findings of fact and conclusions of law in the form of this memorandum opinion.
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This case was first filed on October 5, 1976, challenging conditions at WDF, Santa Clara County’s main facility housing women who are held in custody both as pretrial detainees and…
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