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WEDDLE v. DIRECTOR, PATUXENT INSTITUTION

No. 14498.

436 F.2d 342 (1970)

Joseph Wayne WEDDLE, Appellant, v. DIRECTOR, PATUXENT INSTITUTION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Kerkam, III, Washington, D. C., court-assigned (Bremner, Byrne & Baber, Richmond, Va., on brief) for appellant.

Alfred J. O'Ferrall, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Md. (Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Md., on brief) for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Senior Judge, and BOREMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

In a suit purportedly under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343(3), seeking, inter alia, to obtain the return of, or reimbursement for, personal property of a value of $3.52, the district court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction of the subject matter and dismissed the complaint. We affirm.

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The district court dismissed the complaint...

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