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BRYANT v. HARRIS

Nos. 71-1322, 71-1323, and 71-1910.

465 F.2d 365 (1972)

Billie Austin X. (BRYANT), Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles E. HARRIS, Warden, et al., Respondents-Appellees. Byron F. KALAMA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles E. HARRIS, Warden, et al., Respondents-Appellees. David Lee X (WARREN), Petitioner-Appellant, v. G. W. PICKETT, Warden, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1972.

As Amended August 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold S. Solovy, and Alan L. Metz, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners-appellants; Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Henry A. Schwarz, U. S. Atty., and Jack A. Strellis, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Ill., Eugene B. Culberson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Danville, Ill., respondents-appellees.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge and KILEY, Circuit Judge.

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

The district court dismissed without a show cause order or hearing the pro se habeas petitions in these three cases. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The habeas petitions2 are virtually the same. They generally allege that petitioners' prolonged solitary confinements in the Marion Federal Penitentiary violate their First Amendment rights because they are denied, under racial discrimination, the...

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