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LAUGHLIN v. BENNETT

No. 8730.

147 F.2d 159 (1945)

LAUGHLIN v. BENNETT, Director, U. S. Bureau of Prisons.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided February 12, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, of Washington, D. C., appellant, pro se.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, an attorney, applied to appellee, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, for permission to visit a client in the federal prison at Atlanta, Georgia. Appellee thought appellant's reasons insufficient and refused permission. The District Court granted appellant a preliminary injunction which restrained appellee from "interfering with the right of plaintiff to visit his client." Appellant then visited his client and had a conversation with him...

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