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MARSHALL v. BRIERLEY

No. 71-1575.

461 F.2d 929 (1972)

Clarence MARSHALL, Appellant, v. Joseph R. BRIERLEY, Supt., State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence Marshall, pro se.

John J. Kennedy, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before VAN DUSEN, GIBBONS and ROSEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Clarence Marshall, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, filed in the district court an action against Joseph R. Brierley, appellee, Superintendent of the Institution, under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint is inartfully drawn by a person of only minimal literary skills. Nevertheless it...

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