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RANSOM v. BALLOU

Civ. A. No. 750011.

399 F.Supp. 191 (1975)

Michael Patrick RANSOM, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. The Honorable Ernest W. BALLOU, and Walker R. Carter, Jr., Defendants.

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

June 2, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Heartwell, III, The Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley, Roanoke, Va., for plaintiff.

Henry M. Massie, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

TURK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Michael Ransom brings this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asking that a three-judge court be convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281 and 2284 to consider his constitutional challenges to certain Virginia statutes pursuant to which judgments are entered against convicted indigent criminal defendants for the expense of their court-appointed attorneys in state courts not of record. Pursuant...

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