In Re Bayside Prison Litigation

OPINION

BARRY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Bayside State Prison administrators and Department of Corrections officials, appeal from an adverse judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. They raise but one issue — the District Judge abused his discretion when he refused their request to bifurcate the individual and supervisory liability claims at appellee Laverna White’s trial. We will affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In July 1997, an inmate at Bayside State Prison in New Jersey (“Bayside”) killed a prison guard. In response to the Wiling, Bayside was put on…