UNITED STATES EX REL. THOMAS v. RUNDLE

Civ. A. No. 69-3040.

371 F.Supp. 252 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Hezekiah THOMAS v. Alfred T. RUNDLE, Superintendent Graterford Correctional Institution, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Vinikoor, Philadelphia, Pa., Michael Morris, Legal Intern, for plaintiff.

Michael Minkin, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FOGEL, District Judge.

Hezekiah Thomas instituted this civil rights action pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1443-1446, 2201, 2202 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1988. Plaintiff alleges the following: (1) he was sadistically beaten by county correctional officers while incarcerated at Holmesburg Correctional Institution on April 20, 1969; (2) he was transferred from Holmesburg to the State Correctional...

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