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SANDS v. WAINWRIGHT

Civ. No. 71-339.

357 F.Supp. 1062 (1973)

John A. SANDS, Plaintiff, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Defendant.

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

January 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Russ, Michael F. Cycmanick, Orlando, Fla., and Walter R. Stedeford, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff.

Daniel S. Dearing, Chief Trial Counsel, Dept. of Legal Affairs, and A. S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendant.

ORDER AND OPINION OF COURT

CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.

On May 12, 1971, plaintiff John A. Sands, an inmate incarcerated at the Florida State Prison1 at Raiford, Florida, caused to be filed in the Clerk's office of this Court a pro se, handwritten petition which he characterized and denominated as a "writ of habeas corpus for relief and full compensation". The petition, however, was in effect a civil complaint pursuant...

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