Legal Opinion
Robert Franklin v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 22, 1999No. 97-7162PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
Spanish-speaking prisoners incarcerated in the District of Columbia’s eight correctional institutions brought a class action claiming violations of the First, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution, federal statutes (42 U.S.C. § 2000bb; 42 U.S.C. § 2000(d)), and local law. They alleged that some class members were deficient in the English language and that the District had failed to provide qualified interpreters to these inmates when they appeared at parole and disciplinary hearings and when they sought…
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