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CURRY v. BROWN

No. 23062.

440 F.2d 259 (1971)

Johnnie CURRY, Appellant, v. Edgar J. BROWN, Mauris W. Platkin, M.D.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jerrold Scoutt, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) for appellant.

Mr. Robert J. Higgins, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and ROBB, Circuit Judge and JOHNSON, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, a mental patient confined in the John Howard Pavilion — the maximum security division of Saint Elizabeths Hospital — filed with the District Court on December 26, 1968, a pro se complaint,1 naming as defendants Edgar J. Brown, Finance Officer of Saint Elizabeths, and Dr. Mauris M. Platkin, the Acting Director of John Howard. In his complaint, plaintiff alleged that the defendants, who are authorized...

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