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MOSS v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civ. A. No. 9348.

257 F.Supp. 643 (1966)

James F. MOSS, Plaintiff, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA William W. Scranton, Governor and Walter E. Alessandroni, Attorney General, Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Pennsylvania.

April 15, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Moss, in pro. per.

No appearance for defendant.

ORDER

FOLLMER, District Judge.

James F. Moss is a State prisoner at the State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has submitted a document entitled "Petition For Injunction" and requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Said petition challenges the constitutionality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's "Post Conviction Hearing Act," No. 554, effective March 1, 1966, and seeks injunctive relief.

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