POLAKOFF v. HENDERSON

No. 73-3427.

488 F.2d 977 (1974)

Sheldon POLAKOFF and Gloria Polakoff, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J. D. HENDERSON, Warden, U.S. Penitentiary, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Polakoff and Gloria Polakoff, pro se.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U.S. Atty., William D. Mallard, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEWIN, COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal of a damage suit, grounded on the Civil Rights Act and diversity jurisdiction, filed by a federal prisoner and his wife.1 The appellants sued the warden of the institution where the husband is confined, complaining that the warden has denied marital visitations to the appellants. The district court stated reasons for its ruling...

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