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STINNETT v. BOUNDS

Civ. No. 20.

296 F.Supp. 787 (1969)

John J. STINNETT, Jr., Plaintiff, v. V. Lee BOUNDS, Commissioner North Carolina Department of Correction, and D. P. Henry, Administrator, Fred Briggs, Major, Central Prison Unit, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. North Carolina, Raleigh Division.

February 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin T. Dupree, Jr., Howard E. Manning, George R. Greene, Raleigh, N. C., for plaintiff.

No appearance for defendants.

BUTLER, Chief Judge.

John J. Stinnett, Jr., a state prisoner, is serving a 15 to 20 year sentence upon his conviction of manslaughter. He was confined in North Carolina's Central Prison during a riot of prison inmates on April 17, 1968. On June 18, 1968, petitioner instituted this application for "habeas corpus" alleging that he was detained in the prison yard during the riot; that he was shot in the arm by a prison guard; that he is denied privileges of exercise...

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