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ROWLAND v. SIGLER

Civ. Nos. 1541 L, 1616 L.

327 F.Supp. 821 (1971)

Curtis Eugene ROWLAND and Charles Edward McClelland, inmates of the Pen Unit of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Box 111, Lincoln, Nebraska, Petitioners, v. Warden Maurice H. SIGLER, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Box 111, Lincoln, Nebraska, Respondent. Curtis Eugene ROWLAND, inmate, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Pen Unit, Box 111, Lincoln, Nebraska, Petitioner, v. Ronald B. JONES, Associate Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Pen Unit, Box 111, Lincoln, Nebraska, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

April 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Gorham, Lincoln, Neb., for petitioners.

C. C. Sheldon, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

URBOM, District Judge.

The plaintiff, an inmate of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, filed two civil rights actions after gaining permission to proceed in forma pauperis. One attorney was appointed to represent him in both actions. A single evidentiary hearing explored the issues of both cases.

The first action, filed on May 27, 1969, results from the prison officials' denial to the plaintiff of possession of a Black...

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