JONES v. ROUSE

No. 71-552-Civ-J.

341 F.Supp. 1292 (1972)

Gene Melvin JONES, acting on behalf of the Raiford Record and the Penal Digest International, as a member of the editorial staffs of these publications and as a duly elected representative of the Inmate Council of Florida State Prison, Plaintiff, v. W. F. ROUSE, individually, and as Supervisor of Education, Florida State Prison —and/or, any agent of the Florida Division of Corrections, Defendant.

United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

May 8, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Melvin Jones, pro se.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., State of Florida, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendant.


ORDER

TJOFLAT, District Judge.

This case comes before the Court on Mandate from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 457 F.2d 1318, to consider plaintiff's complaint in the light of Haines v. Kerner, 1972, 404 U.S. 519, 92 S.Ct. 594, 595, 30 L.Ed.2d 652.

The Haines case involved a state prisoner's pro se complaint under Title 42, United States Code, Section 1983. In that...

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