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MATTHEIS v. HOYT

Civ. A. No. 2844.

136 F.Supp. 119 (1955)

Valorus Joe MATTHEIS, Plaintiff, v. Howard W. HOYT, James Tolhuizen, Martin Goodman, K. T. Meyer, Ray Robinson, Pat Untermeyer, Arthur Marchand, N. R. Sachs, R. F. Gallagher, T. R. Pol, P. H. Norworth, V. A. Jirsa, and Male Publishing Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Michigan, S. D.

November 30, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valorus Joe Mattheis, in pro. per.

No appearance for defendants.

STARR, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Valorus Joe Mattheis, an inmate of the State prison of southern Michigan, serving a life sentence for first-degree murder, has filed an application in this court for leave to commence and prosecute in forma pauperis a civil action for money damages against Howard W. Hoyt, a former chief of police of the city of Kalamazoo, James A. Tolhuizen, an attorney employed by and who represented the plaintiff in his trial for murder, the Male Publishing...

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