EATON v. BIBB

Nos. 11171, 11233.

217 F.2d 446 (1954)

Roy E. EATON, alias Carl A. Rogers, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph D. BIBB, Victor I. Knowles, and Joseph E. Ragen, Defendants-Appellees. Roy E. EATON, alias Carl A. Rogers, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G. W. COULHARD, Fred R. Schlueter, Elmer Conner and Francis C. King, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy E. Eaton, pro se.

Latham Castle, Atty. Gen., William C. Wines, Raymond S. Sarnow, A. Zola Groves, Edward M. White, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel, for Bibb et al.

Latham Castle, Atty. Gen., Bernard J. Moran, State's Atty., Rock Island County, Rock Island, Ill., for Coulhard et al.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and MAJOR and LINDLEY, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff is and since July 10, 1940 has been an inmate of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. The appeal in each case has been prosecuted by plaintiff as a poor person. His motion to be personally present at the oral argument of these cases before this Court was denied. No oral argument was, in fact, held, the cases being taken on briefs. Because of the similarity of the issues in the cases one opinion will suffice.

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