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METCALF v. OGILVIE

No. 17996.

436 F.2d 361 (1970)

James C. METCALF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Illinois Governor, OGILVIE, Illinois Attorney General, Scott, Illinois Director Department of Public Safety, Brown, Illinois State Penitentiary Warden, Pate, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 28, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Metcalf, pro se.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Joel M. Flaum, Warren K. Smoot, Robert E. Davison, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and KILEY and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judges.

HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff James C. Metcalf is a prisoner of the State of Illinois and is presently incarcerated in the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet-Stateville Branch. He has acted pro se throughout these proceedings and on this appeal. He was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in the district court and has attempted to bring an action under the Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.

On July 1, 1969, he filed...

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