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PIERCE v. LA VALLEE

No. 418, Docket 26878.

293 F.2d 233 (1961)

James PIERCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. E. LA VALLEE, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York, Defendant-Appellee. Martin T. SOSTRE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. E. LA VALLEE, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York, Defendant-Appellee. William SA MARION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. E. LA VALLEE, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Jacko, Jr., New York City (Jawn A. Sandifer, New York City, on the brief), for appellants.

Gretchen White Oberman, Asst. Atty. Gen. of New York, New York City (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., New York City, and Paxton Blair, Sol. Gen., Albany, N. Y., on the brief), for appellee.

Before CLARK and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and DAWSON, District Judge.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

In these three actions, plaintiffs seek relief under the Civil Rights Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1343, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for religious persecution alleged to have been practiced upon them while they were inmates of Clinton State Prison at Dannemora, New York. In each complaint the plaintiff alleges that he has been denied permission to purchase the Koran, has been subjected to solitary confinement because of his religious beliefs and deprived...

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