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FISHER v. WOODSON

Civ. A. No. 208-73-R.

373 F.Supp. 970 (1973)

Matthew FISHER et al. v. M. L. WOODSON, Superintendent Unit 4.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

July 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burnett Miller, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Inmates of Correctional Unit Number 4 of the Virginia penal system bring this action to redress alleged constitutional deprivations by the defendant. Jurisdiction is attained by virtue of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 28 U.S.C. § 1343.

This suit was initiated by three separate complaints, bearing the styles of Fisher v. Woodson, Farmer v. Woodson and Inmates v. Woodson. Because all three dealt with the same subject...

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