PRUITT v. PEYTON

Misc. No. 4517.

249 F.Supp. 276 (1965)

Calvin W. PRUITT, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

October 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Soffin, Richmond, Va., for plaintiff.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for defendant.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

For reasons hereinafter stated the further proceedings herein are ordered stayed indefinitely pending clarification as to the status of counsel for petitioner, or until otherwise ordered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

The time has arrived when courts and counsel should assert their rights with respect to prisoners who insist upon making accusations against their attorneys without any justification...

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