BACH v. PEOPLE OF STATE OF ILLINOIS

No. 73-1290.

504 F.2d 1100 (1974)

Ernest BACH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PEOPLE OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS and Peter B. Bensinger et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1974.

Certiorari Denied July 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Bach, Ivan E. Bodensteiner, Valparaiso University, School of Law, Valparaiso, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank S. Merritt and Howard M. Rubin, Chicago, Ill., for amicus.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., James B. Zagel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.


Certiorari Denied July 8, 1974. See 94 S.Ct. 3202.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Ernest Bach brought a civil rights action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief along with monetary damages against various state prison officials. In his pro se complaint, plaintiff alleges certain irregularities in the handling of his mail while being incarcerated in a state penitentiary. The district court granted defendants' motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon...

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