George Bedrosian v. Joseph Mintz, Administrator, Erie County Bar Association Aid to Indigent Prisoners Society

JAMESON, District Judge:

In this class action, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiffs-appellants are indictees in criminal cases arising out of the September, 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility and out-of-state attorneys representing the indictees. They seek (1) a declaratory judgment that the attorneys “are entitled to compensation to the same extent as counsel appointed for indictees who are members of the New York Bar”, and (2) a “mandatory injunction ordering defendants to appoint the [attorneys] and members of their class as counsel for the [indictees] and members of their…