Legal Opinion
Brenneman v. Madigan
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 12, 1972No. C-70 1911PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ZIRPOLI, District Judge.
On September 8, 1970, five named plaintiffs filed this civil rights action on behalf of themselves and all others incarcerated in the Greystone section of the Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center, one of Alameda County’s jail facilities, while awaiting trial. The complaint alleges that plaintiffs, and the class they represent, are confined solely because they are unable to post bail; yet even as pre-trial detainees, presumed innocent of the charges against them, they nonetheless suffer cruel and unusual punishment in violation, inter alia, of their rights…
2Cases cited96 opinions
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3Cited by85 opinions
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