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UNITED STATES v. RAGEN

No. 11756.

237 F.2d 953 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. George ATTERBURY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph E. RAGEN, Warden, Illinois Penitentiary, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

November 6, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Atterbury, Joliet, Ill., for appellant.

Latham Castle, Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., William C. Wines, Raymond S. Sarnow, A. Zola Groves, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellees.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and FINNEGAN and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff brings this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 et seq. He asserts that he is now and for some time past has been imprisoned in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. Defendant Ragen is the Warden of the Penitentiary, and the other defendants are officers and guards at that institution. Plaintiff charges that as a result of a conspiracy, and acting under the color of state law, defendants, on various...

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