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LOCKHART v. PRASSE

Civ. A. No. 38872.

250 F.Supp. 529 (1965)

Sylvester LOCKHART, Jr. v. Arthur T. PRASSE, Commissioner of State Prisons of Pennsylvania, David N. Myers, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania, and Clarence R. Wolfe, Deputy Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

November 8, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvester Lockhart, Jr., in pro. per.

No appearance for respondent.

VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this action, Sylvester Lockhart, Jr., is incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pa., serving a 20 to 40 year sentence for robbery effective from August 24, 1956. The essence of his complaint, drawn without the aid of counsel, is that he is prevented from challenging assertions made by the courts and the state regarding the legality of his conviction because named prison officials, cited as defendants...

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