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KENT v. PRASSE

No. 16604.

385 F.2d 406 (1967)

James Henry KENT, Appellant, v. Arthur T. PRASSE, Commissioner of Corrections of Pennsylvania, James F. Maroney, Superintendent, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, John R. Clogan, Tag Shop Supervisor, David G. Williams, Assistant Tag Shop Supervisor, and Walter K. Eroline, Supervisor, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided November 14, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Alan Sherman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Frank P. Lawley, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Harrisburg, Pa. (William C. Sennett, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.

Before McLAUGHLIN, GANEY and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

The appellant ("plaintiff") appeals from an order granting defendants' motion to dismiss his complaint. Plaintiff's complaint alleged that while a state prisoner he was forced to work on a press which was dangerous and unfit and which had previously been condemned to the knowledge of the prison officials. While working thereon he was injured for which he has received no compensation from the State of Pennsylvania and for...

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