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BROWN v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Civ. A. Nos. 68-288, 68-315, 68-319, 68-320, 68-327, 68-332, 68-338, 68-339, 68-451, 68-466.

286 F.Supp. 998 (1968)

Feaster James BROWN, Petitioner, v. The STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondents. Richard GATES and Fred Lee Painter, Petitioners, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, the Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondents. Jerry L. PERRY, Petitioner, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondents. Thomas Andrew GANDOLFO, Petitioner, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondents. George JONES, Petitioner, v. The STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents. William GUNTHER, Petitioner, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents. Dozier GERALD, Petitioner, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, The Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondents. Robert McCORMICK, Petitioner, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, The Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents. Holman O. WALLACE, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents. Kenneth FROST, Petitioner, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ellis C. MacDougall, The Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

July 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. H. Martin, Columbia, S. C., courtappointed, for petitioners.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Emmet H. Clair, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.

OPINION and ORDER

DONALD RUSSELL, District Judge.

Petitioners, all inmates of the South Carolina Penitentiary, have filed these proceedings in habeas corpus by way of challenge to certain rules issued by the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (who supervises the operation of the Penitentiary) governing the preparation and processing of petitions in habeas corpus by inmates of the Penitentiary.

The challenged rules...

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