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COONTS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 66-847-Civ-J.

282 F.Supp. 893 (1968)

Willis G. COONTS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida et al., Respondents.

United States District Court M. D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

February 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Austin (court-appointed), Jacksonville, Fla., for petitioner.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondents.

ORDER

WILLIAM A. McRAE, Jr., District Judge.

A Petition for Writ of Injunction under the 1964 Civil Rights Act was filed in this Court by Willis G. Coonts. The Petition attacked the validity of a prison regulation which prohibited Petitioner from assisting other inmates in the preparation of habeas corpus petitions and sought an order requiring law books to be furnished to the prisoners. Shortly after the submission of his Petition, Petitioner was transferred...

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