Legal Opinion
Delgado v. Cady
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided December 28, 1983No. 79-C-1018PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
WARREN, District Judge.
On December 10, 1979, plaintiff Felix Delgado, an inmate confined at the Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI) in Waupun, Wisconsin, instituted this action by filing a pro se complaint in which he alleged that the practice of “double celling” prisoners at WCI constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. On December 20, 1979, the Court granted Delgado’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Thereafter, Delgado obtained services of counsel to represent him.
On July 9, 1980, the Court…
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