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UNITED STATES EX REL. NELSON v. TWOMEY

Nos. 72 C 1685, 72 C 1686 and 72 C 1706.

354 F.Supp. 1151 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James E. NELSON, Plaintiff, v. John J. TWOMEY, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Defendant. Holice P. BLACK et al., Plaintiffs, v. John J. TWOMEY, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Defendant. Rudolph L. LUCIEN, Plaintiff, v. Peter B. BENSINGER and John J. Twomey, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

February 28, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Nelson, pro se.

Hollice P. Black, pro se.

Jack R. Thomas, pro se.

John L. Ligue, pro se.

Richard Black, pro se.

Rudolph L. Lucien, pro se.

William Scott, Atty. Gen., Jayne A. Carr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION and JUDGMENT ORDER

AUSTIN, District Judge.

These three consolidated pro se cases have been brought by prisoners of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet seeking monetary and injunctive relief for damages resulting from the response of prison officials to an incident in which several guards were beaten and an attempt was made to incite a riot among the inmate population. The defendant prison officials have moved to dismiss this complaint...

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