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LA BATT v. TWOMEY

Nos. 73-1217, 73-1390 and 73-1391.

513 F.2d 641 (1975)

Roger O. LA BATT and Robert Cook, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John J. TWOMEY, Defendant-Appellee. Rudolph L. LUCIEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter B. BENSINGER and John J. Twomey, Defendants-Appellees. Holice P. BLACK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John J. TWOMEY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie G. Foschio, Notre Dame, Ind., and Robert Billmeier, Law Student, Frank S. Merritt, Prison Legal Services, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Jayne A. Carr and Brian David, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, PELL and TONE, Circuit Judges.

FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, all inmates incarcerated in the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet-Stateville Branch, appeal from judgments entered in favor of defendant prison officials. The three actions were brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking injunctive and monetary relief for alleged violations of plaintiffs' civil rights. The suits all concern a "restricted status" institutional dead-lock imposed at the Stateville Prison on July 2, 1972. Following...

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