VIA v. CLIFF

No. 71-1953.

470 F.2d 271 (1972)

Rance Lee VIA, Appellant, v. Kenneth S. CLIFF, Warden, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rance Lee Via, pro se.

Robert M. Landis, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and HASTIE and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

Rance Lee Via seeks damages but not injunctive relief under the Civil Rights Act for alleged infringements by the defendants of his constitutional right to counsel. The alleged infringements occurred while Via was confined in the Lancaster County Prison awaiting trial on a state felony-murder charge. The defendants are Kenneth S. Cliff, Warden of the Lancaster County Prison, Edward Hutton, Deputy Warden, Robert H...

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