Legal Opinion
Eugene Stewart v. William Winter, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1982No. 80-3899PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, 18 past or present inmates in county jails in Mississippi, brought this action against various Mississippi state and county officials. They sought to represent a class of all persons who have been or will be incarcerated in the county jails of any of the 82 counties in Mississippi against a class of defendants including all state and county officials in any way responsible for maintaining or overseeing the conditions in the jails. After granting defendants’ motion to stay discovery pending resolution of the class certification issues, the district court…
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