DAYTON v. McGRANERY

No. 11443.

201 F.2d 711 (1953)

DAYTON v. McGRANERY, Atty. Gen.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dexter C. Dayton, pro se, submitted on the brief for appellant.

William E. Kirk, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., and Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., submitted on the brief for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Dayton is a prisoner in the penitentiary at Leavenworth. He sues the Attorney General for an injunction. He alleges that he wrote and deposited for mailing with officials at the penitentiary letters addressed to a young lady who is the daughter of the superintendent of another penal institution, and that these officials failed and refused to mail the letters. He says that, while the regulations of the Bureau of Prisons purport to...

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