Legal Opinion
Zolnowski v. County of Erie
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided October 3, 1996No. 1:95-cv-00774PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
FOSCHIO, United States Magistrate Judge.
JURISDICTION
This matter was referred to the undersigned by order of the Hon. Richard J. Ar-cara entered May 15, 1996. A consent to proceed before the undersigned was filed July 12,1996.
BACKGROUND
This civil rights action was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 initiated on September 9, 1995 when Plaintiff, Bernard J. Zolnowski, Jr., filed a pro se complaint on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated challenging conditions of confinement based on overcrowding at Defendants’ local jail, the Erie County Holding Center,…
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