RALLS v. WOLFE

No. 71-1049.

448 F.2d 778 (1971)

Thomas RALLS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles WOLFE, Jr., Associate Warden of Custody, Nebraska Penal Complex, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

September 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Coffman, Lincoln, Neb., on brief for appellant.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., and Harold Mosher, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., on brief for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The petitioner, Thomas Ralls, Jr., currently an inmate confined at the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, filed a petition in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska seeking injunctive relief and damages. The bases for his claim were that he was ordered to remove a cardboard with which he had dimmed the light in his cell in the maximum security unit, while other prisoners were permitted to have their lights so darkened; that...

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