Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. Southworth
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided February 3, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-554PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
In Re Lockup 1
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
This is a class action challenging the constitutionality of a lockup at the Maximum Security facility of the Adult Correctional Institution (ACI), brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202. Jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3). 2
The defendants, in the absence of an existing emergency, have locked the prisoners in their cells for approximately 22 hours a day; and although there has been a modification of this confinement, over fifty percent are still so confined on the day of this writing. Such…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Nicholas Palmigiano v. J. Joseph Garrahy, Leonard Jefferson v. Bradford E. SouthworthCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Perez v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Hayward v. ProcunierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Ronald Brule v. Bradford SouthworthCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Hayward v. ProcunierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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