Legal Opinion
Barbara Doty, and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. County of Lassen, and Ronald D. Jarrell as Sheriff, and Individually
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1994No. 19-70329PublishedCited by 324 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, District Judge:
On July 25,1989, certain inmates at the old Lassen County Jail (“Old Jail”) brought suit against the County of Lassen (“County”) and the Sheriff of the County of Lassen under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that conditions in the Old Jail violated the First, Fourth and Eighth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. Among Other things, the prisoners alleged overcrowding, inadequate clothing, inadequate medical, dental and mental health care, inadequate privacy for conversations with attorneys, and unequal…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Hoptowit v. RayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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