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WILLIFORD v. PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA

Nos. 19160-19163.

352 F.2d 474 (1965)

Robert Louis WILLIFORD, Appellant, v. PEOPLE of the State OF CALIFORNIA, Robert A. Heinze, Warden, Folsom State Prison, et al., Appellees. Amos X. BRISTER, Appellant, v. PEOPLE of the State OF CALIFORNIA, Robert A. Heinze, Warden, Folsom State Prison, et al., Appellees. Ivory X. GUIDRY, Appellant, v. PEOPLE of the State OF CALIFORNIA, Robert A. Heinze, Warden, Folsom State Prison, et al., Appellees. George X. MORRIS, Appellant, v. PEOPLE of the State OF CALIFORNIA, Robert A. Heinze, Warden, Folsom State Prison, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

As Amended November 12, 1965.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Townsend, San Jose, Cal., for appellants.

Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen. of Cal., Doris H. Maier, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edsel W. Haws, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for appellees.

Before POPE, HAMLEY and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in these four actions are California state prisoners, inmates of Folsom State Prison. Each seeks damages from Warden Robert A. Heinze, the State of California, and "John Does," for asserted violations of the Civil Rights Act, Rev.Stat. § 1977 et seq. (1875), 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq. (1964). Federal jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (1964). The basis of liability...

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