CRAWFORD v. LYDICK

Civ. A. No. 3648.

179 F.Supp. 211 (1959)

Robert William CRAWFORD, Plaintiff, v. Lt. D(enzil) LYDICK and Lt. Woodrow W. Zeitler, Toledo, Ohio, Police Dept.; Landon E. Hall, Clerk of the Municipal Court of Toledo, Ohio; Charles Conner of the Kalamazoo, Michigan, Sheriff's Dept.; Richard Fuhrman, James Morrison, and Riley Stewart, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Police Dept.; Clark M. Olmsted, Municipal Court Judge, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Lucien F. Sweet, Circuit Judge, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Michigan, S. D.

December 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert William Crawford, in pro. per.

John M. Pikkaart, Kalamazoo, Mich., for Charles Conner.

Richard H. Paulson, Kalamazoo, Mich., for Lucien F. Sweet.

Morris & Culver and David Morris, Kalamazoo, for Richard Fuhrman, James Morrison, Riley Stewart, and Clark M. Olmsted.

William D. Driscoll, Asst. Dir. of Law, Toledo, Ohio, for Denzil Lydick, Woodrow W. Zeitler, and Landon E. Hall.


STARR, Chief Judge.

On May 27, 1959, the plaintiff Robert William Crawford, an inmate of the State prison of southern Michigan, began this civil action against the defendants for damages in the amount of $175,500, and he also asks for an unconditional release from prison. Plaintiff bases Federal-court jurisdiction on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332, and 1343, and bases his right to damages on 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983, 1985, and 1986.

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