COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. POWERS

Civ. A. No. 68-2474.

311 F.Supp. 1219 (1970)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. Donald D. POWERS.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 31, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Gilbert Ellis, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner.

Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., David Richman, Asst. Dist. Atty., County of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.


OPINION

HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

The petitioner, a defendant in a state criminal prosecution, has petitioned this court to remove the criminal proceedings now pending against him in the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the federal district court and to permanently enjoin those proceedings. He alleges that officers of the Commonwealth have violated his constitutional rights under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq.

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