GALLAGHER v. PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE

Civ. A. No. 68-588.

287 F.Supp. 610 (1968)

Owen Leroy GALLAGHER, Plaintiff, v. PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Lipschitz, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner.


MEMORANDUM

FULLAM, District Judge.

The named defendant is not a "person" within the meaning of 42 U.S. C.A. § 1983, and may not be sued thereunder. Williams v. Craven, 273 F.Supp. 649 (C.D.Calif.1967); Taylor v. Pennsylvania Board of Parole, 263 F.Supp. 450 (M.D.Pa.1967).

The allegations of the complaint are insufficient...

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