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TATE v. COLLINS

No. 80-2381-M.

496 F.Supp. 205 (1980)

Rozelle TATE, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. David COLLINS, State Election Coordinator, individually and in his official capacity, O. C. Pleasant, Jr., W. K. Wildon, Thomas B. Avery, Carl T. Moore, and James E. Smith, Members of the Shelby County Election Commission, individually and in their official capacities, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Willima N. Morris, Mayor of Shelby County, individually and in his official capacity on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

August 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Roach, Police and Prison Law Unit, Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc., Thomas M. Daniel, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Robert B. Littleton, Deputy Atty. Gen., John C. Zimmerman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., George T. Lewis, Jr., County Atty., Shelby County, Phil Kaminsky, Asst. County Atty., Shelby County, Memphis, Tenn., for defendants.

OPINION

McRAE, Chief Judge.

Rozelle Tate, the named plaintiff in this case, is presently incarcerated in the Shelby County Penal Farm, a county workhouse operated under the authority of the government of Shelby County, Tennessee. Plaintiff has been incarcerated since 1979 when he was convicted of a non-infamous crime as defined by the laws of the State of Tennessee. The plaintiff is registered to vote in Shelby County, Tennessee, and is qualified to vote...

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