Daryl Gillespie v. Bobby Crawford

The panel following Johnson v. McKaskle, 727 F.2d 498 (5th Cir.1984), held in its opinion at part II A., 833 F.2d 47, 49, that plaintiffs state a claim for equitable relief despite the orders and pendency of Ruiz v. Estelle, 503 F.Supp. 1265 (S.D.Tex.1980), aff’d in part and vacated in part, 679 F.2d 1115, amended in part and vacated in part, 688 F.2d 266 (5th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1042, 103 S.Ct. 1438, 75 L.Ed.2d 795 (1983). The en banc court now affirms the district court’s dismissal of the claims for injunctive relief seeking to remedy the conditions of plaintiffs’ confinement…