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MARTENS v. HALL

No. 77-8144-Civ-CF.

444 F.Supp. 34 (1977)

Marvin MARTENS, Plaintiff, v. C. E. Chuck HALL, Donald Davis, Donald E. Pratt, Phillip D. Roland, and C. Harold White in their capacities as members of the Board of County Commissioners of Hendry County, Florida, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida.

September 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Hustead, Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc., Immokalee, Fla., for plaintiff.

Neal J. Dunn, Clewiston, Fla., for defendants.

ORDER

FULTON, District Judge.

This cause came before the Court upon the motions of the defendants to dismiss and for a writ of prohibition.

Defendants style their first motion as an "Application for a Writ of Prohibition." The statutory grant of power to federal courts to issue the writ of prohibition is found in 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a). The general purpose of this writ is to protect the court's appellate jurisdiction. See Parr v. United States...

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