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JACKSON v. BISHOP

Nos. PB-66-C-64, PB-66-C-74 and PB-66-C-99.

268 F.Supp. 804 (1967)

William King JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. O. E. BISHOP, Superintendent of the Arkansas State Penitentiary, Defendant. Lyle Edward ERNST, Jr., Plaintiff, v. O. E. BISHOP, Superintendent of the Arkansas State Penitentiary, Defendant. Grady W. MASK, Plaintiff, v. O. E. BISHOP, Superintendent of the Arkansas State Penitentiary, Assistant Superintendent G. R. Goodwin, and Dr. Gwinn Atnip, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

June 3, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Wright, Little Rock, Ark., William S. Arnold, Crossett, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., R. D. Smith, III, Don Langston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

OREN HARRIS and GORDON E. YOUNG, District Judges.

These are suits in equity brought under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 by three inmates of the Arkansas State Penitentiary against O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of the Penitentiary. The cases first became known to the court through handwritten petitions filed by each of the prisoners seeking various forms of relief. The court allowed the petitions to...

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