SMITH v. FERRELL

No. 18699.

429 F.2d 10 (1970)

Johnnie Lee SMITH, Appellant, v. Leslie E. FERRELL, Jr., Guard, William I. Kiyser, Guard, Wallace I. Smitt, Guard and William C. Buel, Guard.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnnie Lee Smith, pro se.

Craig T. Stockdale, Asst. County Solicitor, County of Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.

Before BIGGS, STALEY and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, who is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment, seeks money damages pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, for injuries allegedly sustained as a result of a beating he claims was administered by several prison guards. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1343.

Judge Rosenberg found appellant's complaint "sufficiently specific to set out a cause of action...

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