UNITED STATES EX REL. BARBER v. COMMONWEALTH OF PA.

No. 18517.

429 F.2d 518 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. David BARBER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Edward J. Hendrick, Supt. of Prison.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Barber, pro se.

James D. Crawford, Deputy Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Division, Philadelphia, Pa., (Mark Sendrow, Asst. Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, ALDISERT and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

Before us is an appeal from summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the ground that the complaint failed to state a cause of action upon which relief could be granted.

A generous reading of appellant's pro se complaint would qualify it either as a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, or a request for declaratory relief under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The gravamen...

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