RUTHERFORD v. HUTTO

No. PB-73-C-193.

377 F.Supp. 268 (1974)

James J. RUTHERFORD, Petitioner, v. Terrell Don HUTTO, Commissioner of Correction, State of Arkansas, and A. L. Lockhart, Superintendent, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondents.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

June 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Rutherford, pro se.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., and James W. Atkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT

HENLEY, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought by James J. Rutherford, an inmate of the Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, against Terrell Don Hutto, Arkansas Commissioner of Correction, and A. L. Lockhart, Superintendent of the Cummins Unit. Petitioner seeks equitable relief under 42 U.S.C.A., section 1983, and jurisdiction is conferred upon this Court by 28 U.S.C.A., section 1343(3). Petitioner has been permitted to...

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