Legal Opinion
Clarence Wayne Walker, Bobby Joe Weatherton and Larry Darnell Manning v. O. H. Haynes, Jr., Sheriff, Webster Parish, Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1981No. 81-3240PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
The appeal in these three cases raises one issue: Was the district court in error in denying plaintiffs Clarence Wayne Walker, Bobby Joe Weatherton, and Larry Darnell Manning, certification of a class action challenging conditions in the Webster Parish jail, Minden, Louisiana. On September 26, 1979, the three plaintiffs filed three separate pro se complaints against the sheriff, O. H. Haynes, Jr., narrowly alleging specific violations of their constitutional rights in the Webster Parish jail, seeking only damages, and not asking for a class action. Defendant…
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