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SEWELL v. PEGELOW

Nos. 8286, 8287.

291 F.2d 196 (1961)

Theodore X. A. SEWELL, Appellant, v. Paul F. PEGELOW, etc., et al., Appellees. Joseph X. WATSON, Appellant, v. Paul F. PEGELOW, etc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Blow, Washington, D. C. (court-assigned counsel), for appellants.

Harvey B. Cohen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Arlington, Va. (Joseph S. Bambacus, U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

Sewell and Watson are inmates of the United States Reformatory at Lorton, Virginia, an institution maintained for prisoners sentenced by the courts of the District of Columbia. They filed complaints in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which has jurisdiction over the place of their detention, alleging that solely because of their religious beliefs, and for no other reason, they...

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