Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Robinson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 22, 1993No. 92-6231PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
At issue here is an order entered by the district court pertaining to the Maryland system of corrections. The order specified a timetable within which Maryland prison officials must make eighty-three improvements at two prison facilities. Our review of the record indicates that the district court exceeded its authority in issuing this order. The parties never formally agreed upon the duties specified in the timetable, and these duties add substantially to those accepted by the prison officials in the original consent decree. Absent a proper modification of the…
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