Legal Opinion
Dittimus-Bey v. Taylor
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 31, 2007No. Civil Action No. 05-0063 (JBS)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SIMANDLE, District Judge.
This matter comes before Court on a motion for class certification, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(a) and 23(b)(2). For the reasons stated in this Opinion, the Court shall grant the motion and certify a class of all individuals incarcerated at the Camden County Correctional Facility, either as pretrial detainees or as convicted prisoners, from the inception of this lawsuit on January 6, 2005 until its termination.1
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs, who initially filed this action pro se, allege that severe overcrowding at the Camden County Correctional…
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