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Case Name	Dittimus-Bey v. Taylor	JC-NJ-0025
Docket / Court	1:05-cv-00063-JBS-JS ( D.N.J. )
State/Territory	New Jersey
Case Type(s)	Jail Conditions Prison Conditions
Special Collection	Post-PLRA enforceable consent decrees
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Equal Protection

Crowding

Crowding / caseload

Post-PLRA Population Cap

Defendant-type

Corrections

General

Bathing and hygiene

Conditions of confinement

Fire safety

Food service / nutrition / hydration

Sanitation / living conditions

Totality of conditions

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Camden County Camden County Correctional Facility Warden and Deputy Warden Camden County Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	Pre-trial detainees and convicted prisoners at Camden County Correctional Facility in Camden County, NJ
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	Yes
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	Attorneys fees Damages Consent decree
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	2012 - n/a
Filed	01/06/2005
Case Closing Year	2019
Case Ongoing	No

Documents


Court	Docket(s)
D.N.J. 09/15/2017	1:05-cv-00063-JBS-JS JC-NJ-0025-9000.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
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People


Judges	Schneider, Joel (D.N.J.) [Magistrate] show/hide docs JC-NJ-0025-9000 Simandle, Jerome B. (D.N.J.) show/hide docs JC-NJ-0025-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Acchione, Nicole M (New Jersey) show/hide docs JC-NJ-0025-9000 Rodriguez, Lisa J (New Jersey) show/hide docs JC-NJ-0025-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Goldberg, Howard Lane (New Jersey) show/hide docs JC-NJ-0025-9000 Kemble, Thomas E. (New Jersey) show/hide docs JC-NJ-0025-9000
Other Lawyers	Johnson-Stokes, Barbara Ann (New Jersey) show/hide docs JC-NJ-0025-9000