WOODY v. JUDGE

No. 18522.

435 F.2d 706 (1970)

Delano WOODY, Appellant, v. John P. JUDGE, Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs, Nathan Cooper, et al., State Board of Barber Examiners, Dr. Harry Snyder, Director of Education, Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Corrections, Dr. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner of Correction, and Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Foulke, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Herbert Monheit, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

Seeking injunctive relief under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a state prisoner serving a sentence for rape complains that he had been denied admission to a prison course in barbering because of a policy of excluding inmates imprisoned for rape from enrolling in the barbering course. Ruling that this exclusionary policy was not arbitrary or unreasonable, the district court granted a motion to dismiss the complaint...

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