Legal Opinion
Moss v. Clark
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 21, 1988No. Civ. A. 88-0361-AMPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Prison overcrowding is a national problem. It is especially acute at Lorton Reformatory, 1 the prison facility for the District of Columbia. 2 As a result, many District of Columbia (D.C.) Code offenders, who would, ordinarily serve their terms at Lorton, have instead been “federalized;” that is, they have been placed in the federal prison system by the Attorney General of the United States. While such transfers may help alleviate the problem of overcrowding at Lorton, they create another problem: disparate treatment of D.C. Code…
2Cases cited63 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Moss v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Ocean Breeze Festival Park, Inc. v. ReichDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1994
- Alvarez v. ChavezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1994
- Franklin v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1997
- Jackson v. ThornburghDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1988
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