Allen v. Barbour County

Richard Allen, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections ("DOC") (hereinafter referred to as "the commissioner"), and a defendant in a long-running action maintained by numerous Alabama counties and sheriff's (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the counties"), appeals from a May 11, 2006, order of the Montgomery Circuit Court modifying that court's previous injunction entered December 12, 2002, and holding Allen in contempt for not complying with the injunction. We affirm.

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This matter has been pending in the Montgomery Circuit Court since 1991; it was previously before this…