NEAL v. STATE OF GEORGIA

No. 71-3093.

469 F.2d 446 (1972)

James Oliver NEAL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF GEORGIA, etc., et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Groot, Athens, Ga. (court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen. of Ga., Atlanta, Ga., for respondents-appellees.

Before WISDOM and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

James Oliver Neal is an inmate in Reidville Prison, Georgia. On August 6, 1971, he filed a § 1983 complaint hand-printed in the neat lettering and naive language characteristic of pro se pleadings of a prisoner. He alleged that he was denied the right to correspond with Mrs. Rosalie McGlaun, Sr., his spiritual advisor, who had been giving him Bible lessons. The complaint was entitled: "Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauper. Complaint...

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