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BROOKS v. DUNN

Civ. A. No. 74-C-17-D.

376 F.Supp. 976 (1974)

Leo Franklin BROOKS, Petitioner, v. Frank DUNN, Director, Furlough Committee, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Danville Division.

May 28, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Hopper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Leo Brooks, an inmate at the Chatham Correctional Field Unit, instituted this action alleging that the defendant, Frank Dunn, Chairman of the Division of Corrections Furlough Committee, had wrongfully denied him a furlough and, in addition, had libeled him by publishing untrue and defamatory statements regarding plaintiff's prior criminal record. Jurisdiction is attained pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §...

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