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STOKES v. BRUCE

No. 73-5046.

414 U.S. 893 (1973)

STOKES v. BRUCE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 10, 1973.

Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE concurs, dissenting.

Petitioner,1 a 50-year-old inmate in the Kentucky prison system, brought a pro se action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that prison officials had violated his civil rights. Petitioner alleged...

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