MIMMS v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 71-2852.

352 F.Supp. 862 (1972)

Jeffery MIMMS v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery Mimms, pro se.

David H. Marion, Philadelphia, Pa., for newspaper defendants.

Michael Minkin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant Warden.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

The plaintiff is an inmate at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Graterford. He filed this action pro se under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 seeking $4 million in punitive damages for an alleged violation of his civil rights.1 Paragraph 7 of the complaint sets forth the facts on which the cause of action is based:

7. On the 6 day of...

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