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ADAMS v. PATE

Nos. 18831-18832.

445 F.2d 105 (1971)

Vernon C. ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frank J. PATE, Warden, Defendant-Appellee. Luther W. MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Peter Bensinger, Director; Frank J. Pate, Warden (retired); George J. Stampar, Acting Warden (retired) and A. J. Pollman, Disciplinarian Captain, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

June 23, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan L. Metz, Jerold S. Solovy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants; Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, Kerry R. Cordis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Joel M. Flaum, First Asst. Atty. Gen., James B. Zagel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and KERNER and PELL, Circuit Judges.

CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

The above appeals were consolidated in this Court for briefing and argument, and we elect to dispose of them in one opinion. The plaintiffs-appellants are both inmates of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville Branch, Joliet, Illinois. In No. 18831 plaintiff Vernon C. Adams filed a pro-se complaint in the District Court pursuant to leave to proceed in forma pauperis, seeking recovery of...

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