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CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
RESTRAINTS WRSP JOSLYN PLAINTIFFS CONNECTICUT DEFENDANT ARMSTRONG PURSUANT VIRGINIA SUFFERING CONFINEMENT COURT RELIEF CONSTITUTION SUBJECTING PUNISHMENT CDOC CONTRACT TOILET ROBERT JOSLYN CORRECTION COMPLAINT DECLARATORY RELIEF CUSTODY STAFF LAW CIVIL VDOC POLICY CELL DOOR |
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
Civil Action No.
Date: February 7, 2001
ROBERT JOSLYN , on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
JOHN J. ARMSTRONG , Commissioner of the
Connecticut Department of Correction, in his
official capacity,
Defendant.
CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
1. This is a class action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Eighth and Fourteenth
Amendments to the United States Constitution. This action seeks injunctive and declaratory
relief on behalf of Connecticut state prisoners confined at Wallens Ridge State Prison (WRSP) in
Big Stone Gap, Virginia. This action alleges that by housing prisoners in his custody at WRSP,
defendant John J. Armstrong is knowingly subjecting them to conditions that constitute cruel and
unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of
the United States.
JURISDICTION
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