Legal Opinion
Dillard v. Pitchess
District Court, C.D. California
Decided August 26, 1975No. Civ. CV 73-2947-WPGPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
WILLIAM P. GRAY, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action in which the plaintiff seeks to challenge, on constitutional grounds, the conditions under which prisoners awaiting trial are housed and maintained in the Los Angeles County Jail facility located on the top floors of the Hall of Justice in the City of Los Angeles (the jail). A declaratory judgment and sweeping injunctive relief are requested. Part of the relief sought will be granted.
THE PARTIES.
The action was commenced on about December 19, 1973, by the filing of a handwritten complaint in which Clarence Lee…
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