UNITED STATES EX REL. QUINNAN v. ATKINS

Civ. A. No. 37766.

242 F.Supp. 512 (1965)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Joseph Kenneth QUINNAN v. George W. ATKINS, President Judge, York County, York, Pa., Warden Johnson of the York County Jail, York, Pa., Sergeant Smith of the Pennsylvania State Police, York, Pa.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Kenneth Quinnan, in pro. per.

Daniel W. Shoemaker, Dist. Atty., York, Pa., for defendants.

James J. McCabe, Jr., Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for Sergeant Smith.


GRIM, District Judge.

Joseph Kenneth Quinnan, a state prisoner, has filed in this court a "Complaint" against the above named individuals alleging that his constitutional rights have been violated by being "held incommunicado" and by the failure of a state court to furnish him a copy at state expense of the notes of testimony of a state court hearing.

The "Complaint" on its face asserts that jurisdiction of this court exists under 18 U.S.C.A. § 241, a...

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