JOSEPH v. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY

No. 73-1619 Summary Calendar.

482 F.2d 277 (1973)

Frankie V. JOSEPH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankie V. Joseph, pro se.

William Guste, Atty. Gen., S. J. Dileo, Jr., Sp. Counsel, Criminal Div., Baton Rouge, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Frankie V. Joseph, a prisoner of the State of Louisiana, filed a Civil Rights1 complaint seeking monetary damages from the director of state correctional institutions and several prison officials, for alleged mistreatment because he is an "Islam Muslim." The district court granted leave to file the complaint in forma pauperis, and subsequently dismissed it on motion of the defendants. Leave to appeal in forma pauperis...

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