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COCHRAN v. ROWE

No. 76 C 4134.

438 F.Supp. 566 (1977)

Lawrence COCHRAN, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Charles ROWE, Individually and as Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, Robert W. Horn, Individually and as Administrative Chaplain of the Illinois Department of Corrections, Thaddeus Pinkney, Individually and as Warden of Pontiac Correctional Center, Errol Grant, Individually and as Senior Chaplain of Pontiac Correctional Center, and Bealey Reynolds, Individually and as Protestant Chaplain of Pontiac Correctional Center, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

October 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc O. Beem, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Joseph M. Cotugno, Legal Counsel, Ill. Dept. of Corrections, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., George C. Sorenson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendant Rowe.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Motion to Dismiss

MAROVITZ, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Lawrence Cochran, an inmate of Pontiac Correctional Center ("Pontiac") and resident Minister of the World Community of Islam in the West at Pontiac, brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief for the alleged unconstitutional restrictions on and discrimination...

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