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GAUGH v. SCHMIDT

No. 72-C-64.

369 F.Supp. 877 (1974)

Gerald GAUGH, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Wilbur J. SCHMIDT, Individually and as Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services of the state of Wisconsin, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Wisconsin.

January 17, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Theodore, Corrections Legal Services Program, Madison, Wis., for plaintiff.

Atty. Gen. Robert Warren, by Robert D. Repasky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES E. DOYLE, District Judge.

This civil action for monetary and injunctive relief challenges the constitutionality of censorship of prisoners' reading material by corrections officials. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Jurisdiction is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3). In my order of June 14, 1973, plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was denied with respect to...

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