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NEWSOME v. SIELAFF

Civ. A. No. 71-2934.

375 F.Supp. 1189 (1974)

Vernon L. NEWSOME, Plaintiff, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF, Commissioner, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis R. Reitz, Supervising Atty., Ralph Jacobs, Legal Intern Indigent Prisoner Litigation Program, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Michael Minkin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

VanARTSDALEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Vernon L. Newsome, instituted this action under Sections 1983 and 1985 of Title 42 seeking damages and injunctive relief against defendants for violation of his constitutional rights while a prisoner at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania. In a pro se complaint, plaintiff alleges that he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the...

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