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BASS v. SULLIVAN

No. 76-1069.

550 F.2d 229 (1977)

Carl BASS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. L. B. SULLIVAN, Commissioner of the State of Alabama Board of Correction, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Gill, Montgomery, Ala. (Court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Eric A. Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. Stakely, Jr., Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellees.

Before GEWIN, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

In December of 1974, Carl Bass escaped from an Alabama prison and remained at large in the countryside in near and sub-freezing temperatures for a week before being recaptured. In obedience to established policy, prison authorities first took him immediately to the prison system's Mt. Meigs hospital facility, where he was found to be suffering from general exhaustion and from swollen feet and ankles. A course of treatment commenced, but within...

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