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THOMAS v. PATE

Nos. 71-1410, 71-1411.

493 F.2d 151 (1974)

Charles THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Warden Frank J. PATE et al., Defendants-Appellees. Luther W. MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF CORRECTION, ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY, Warden Frank J. Pate, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearings Denied April 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynne E. McNown, Jerold S. Solovy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Holum, James B. Zagel, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge, KILKENNY, Senior Circuit Judge, and STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Thomas and Miller are black inmates incarcerated in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. They appeal from a judgment entered in favor of defendant prison officials in three consolidated actions. These suits were brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking injunctive and monetary relief for alleged violations of plaintiffs' civil rights. Plaintiffs assert that prisoners are housed in racially segregated cells; that...

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