Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Sproat
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided April 18, 1977No. Civ. A. J75-21(N)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NIXON, District Judge.
This case challenges the conditions of confinement at the Oakley Training School (hereafter OTS), a state institution for delinquent boys, located near Raymond, Mississippi. The case arises under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the United States Constitution. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343.
At the time of the filing of his complaint, the named plaintiff, Kenneth Morgan, was 16 years old and was confined under an order of the Chancery Court of Rankin County, Mississippi finding him to be delinquent. On April 1,1975, the Court certified the…
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