Legal Opinion
James Benjamin v. William J. Fraser, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 5, 2001No. 2000PublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
The New York City Department of Correction 1 appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Baer J., denying in part the Department’s motion to terminate consent decrees pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), Pub L. No. 104-134, 101 Stat. 1321-66 §§ 801-810 (1996), codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3626. The consent decrees concern jail conditions for pretrial detainees in Department facilities. 2 The PLRA requires the termination of such consent decrees, upon a motion for termination under 18 U.S.C. § 3626(b),…
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