Legal Opinion
United States v. Erie County, Ny
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided July 9, 2010No. 09-CV-849SPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
WILLIAM M. SKRETNY, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In November 2007, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice began investigating conditions at the Erie County Holding Center (“ECHO”) and Erie County Correctional Facility (“ECCF”) (collectively, “the facilities”).
At the end of the two-year investigation, the Justice Department notified Erie County through a “Findings Letter” that, in its view, confinement conditions at the facilities violated the federal constitutional rights of inmates incarcerated there. In particular, the Justice Department maintained that…
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