HARRIS v. PATE

No. 18718.

440 F.2d 315 (1971)

Robert HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frank J. PATE, Warden, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

March 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Harris, pro se.

William J. Scott, Chicago, Ill., Joel Flaum, Warren K. Smoot, Asst. Attys. Gen., Kerry R. Cordis, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and KERNER and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises three questions: (1) whether the complaint states a cause of action; (2) whether the district court properly refused to lend its assistance to plaintiff, a prison inmate, in obtaining affidavits in opposition to defendant's motion for summary judgment; and (3) whether the court erred in refusing to grant plaintiff additional time which he required to obtain such affidavits before ruling on the motion. We think appellant's...

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