Legal Opinion
Lent v. Lopes
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 1, 1985No. Civ. No. N 84-554 (WWE)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
EGINTON, District Judge.
Robert Lent, a prisoner incarcerated at the Connecticut Correctional Institute, Cheshire (“Cheshire”), brought the action for declaratory and injunctive relief from the allegedly overcrowded and unhealthful conditions at Cheshire. Defendants are the state Commissioner of Corrections and the warden of Cheshire.
Plaintiff has moved that all other inmates of Cheshire who are affected by the policies, practices, or acts of the defendants be certified as a plaintiff class under Fed. R.Civ.P. 23(a), (b)(2). For the reasons set forth…
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- Denenberg v. BlumDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Cook v. LuckettDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1983
3Cited by1 opinion
- Gelb v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1993