SPEAKS v. McGREGOR

Civ. A. No. 71-C-58-D.

355 F.Supp. 1129 (1973)

Crommer Odell SPEAKS, Plaintiff, v. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Sheriff Taylor E. McGREGOR, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia.

February 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plaintiff unrepresented by counsel.

Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., Joseph M. Whitehead, Commonwealth's Atty. Pittsylvania, Chatham, Va., for defendant.


OPINION

TURK, District Judge.

Crommer Odell Speaks has filed an action in this court alleging an infringement of his constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1343. In addition, within his § 1983 petition there is contained a request and plea seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

The facts of the case are as follows. The plaintiff was arrested in Virginia on February 20,...

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