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WILLIAMS v. WILKINS

No. 270, Docket 27889.

315 F.2d 396 (1963)

McKinley WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Walter H. WILKINS, Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New York, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKinley Williams, pro se.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., of State of New York, Irving Galt, Asst. Sol. Gen., and Sheldon Raab, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant-appellee.

Before MOORE, FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Williams, a state prisoner confined in a New York state prison, applied to the United States District Court for the Western District of New York for permission to sue the warden of the prison under the Civil Rights Act, citing 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 1651, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking an injunction restraining the warden from denying Williams access to his "law materials" a dictionary and World Almanac. The Court, John O. Henderson...

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