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WRIGHT v. McMANN

Civ. No. 66-CV-77.

257 F.Supp. 739 (1966)

Lawrence William WRIGHT, Plaintiff, v. Daniel McMANN, as Warden of Clinton State Prison, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. New York.

August 31, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence William Wright, petitioner pro se.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of New York, William D. Bresinhan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albany, N. Y., of counsel, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

BRENNAN, District Judge.

Defendant moves to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. The ultimate question here requires the determination of the legal sufficiency of the use of the Civil Rights Act as the basis of this court's jurisdiction in an action at law by a state court prisoner, based upon alleged mistreatment in the execution of punishment for breaches of rules designed to...

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