Legal Opinion
McCoy v. Nevada Dept. of Prisons
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided October 11, 1991No. CV-N-89-94-ECRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
EDWARD C. REED, Jr., Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, female inmates incarcerated at the Nevada Women’s Correctional Center (NWCC), filed a civil rights complaint (# 17), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Therein, they allege that Defendants discriminate against them because of their gender, thereby violating their right to equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. According to Plaintiffs, this disparity in treatment is evidenced by the better educational, vocational, and occupational training programs offered by the Nevada prisons…
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