LOCKHART v. HOENSTINE

No. 17542.

411 F.2d 455 (1969)

Sylvester LOCKHART, Jr., Appellant, v. Charles A. HOENSTINE, Prothonotary of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvester Lockhart, Jr., pro se.

Stanley A. Winikoff, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for appellee (William C. Sennett, Atty.Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., on the brief).

Before SEITZ, ALDISERT and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant in an action for damages filed pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S. C.A. § 1983.1 The complaint averred that the defendant, Prothonotary of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, violated the appellant's constitutional rights by failing to accept certain...

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