Filed Date: Nov. 30, 1971
Closed Date: 1994
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In 1971, plaintiffs filed a section 1983 class action on behalf of all present and future inmates at Cuyahoga County Jail. The district court for the Northern District of Ohio (Judge Robert Krupansky) certified plaintiffs' class and ordered defendants to address issues regarding overpopulation, lack of psychiatric care, cross examinations at disciplinary hearings, counsel-substitution at disciplinary hearings, mail services, telephone procedures, visitation procedures, and library services. Sykes v. Kreiger, 451 F. Supp. 421 (N.D. Ohio 1975). Subsequently, the court allowed plaintiffs to amend their complaint to add state officials and the Mayor of Cleveland as defendants, and these defendants appealed. The Sixth Circuit remanded to determine whether the state defendants should be dismissed. Sykes v. Krieger [sic], 551 F.2d 689 (6th Cir. 1977). In 1987, the district court (Judge Alvin I. Krenzler) entered a consent decree. In 1994, the district court (Judge Lesley Brooks Wells) terminated the consent decree after finding that defendants had complied with the consent decree in all respects. Watts v. McFaul, 158 F.R.D. 598 (N.D. Ohio 1994). The docket for this case is not available on PACER, and therefore our information ends with the last reported decision in 1994.
Summary Authors
Lauren Cutson (5/26/2005)
Bass, Stanley A. (New York)
Berkman, Bernard A. (Ohio)
Billington, Glenn E. (Ohio)
Balkaj, Solomon (Ohio)
Brown, William J. (Ohio)
Cecil, Lester LeFevre (Ohio)
Krupansky, Robert B. (Ohio)
Wells, Lesley Brooks (Ohio)
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Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: Ohio
Case Type(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Nov. 30, 1971
Closing Date: 1994
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
present and future inmates at Cuyahoga County Jail in Ohio
Public Interest Lawyer: Unknown
Filed Pro Se: Unknown
Class Action Sought: Yes
Class Action Outcome: Granted
Defendants
Cuyahoga County Jail (Cleveland), County
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Constitutional Clause(s):
Due Process: Substantive Due Process
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration: 1971 - 1994
Issues
General:
Jails, Prisons, Detention Centers, and Other Institutions:
Medical/Mental Health:
Type of Facility: