Legal Opinion
Hill v. Hutto
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 3, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-0944-RPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
The plaintiffs are a group of state prisoners who are or have been incarcerated in the Richmond (Va.) City Jail. They have filed a section 1983 action alleging that the state and city prison authorities have failed to provide them with the same programs and rehabilitation opportunities that are available to inmates held in state facilities. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976). The plaintiffs assert that this differential treatment violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. The defendants to this suit are the governor of…
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