Jones v. Diamond

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1975-09-26

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GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge: This case is a virtual paradigm of the therapy afforded by Rule 23 in section 1983 claims. Marvin Jones, a black prisoner confined in jail awaiting trial, 1 instituted this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in an attempt to reform the conditions of the Jackson County jail. 2 Shortly thereafter, to his consternat…

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