Padgett v. Stein

SHERIDAN, Chief Judge.

This case is before the court on plaintiffs’ motion for enforcement of the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved by the court on May 31, 1973.

Plaintiffs — Henry Padgett, Eugene Washington, and William Johnson, inmates at the York County Prison — on behalf of themselves and all other inmates incarcerated at the York County Prison brought this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981, 1983 and the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2201, 2202, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the defendants — the members of the…