BURBANK v. TWOMEY

No. 74-2019.

520 F.2d 744 (1975)

Ronald BURBANK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John TWOMEY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Moran, Thomas R. Meites, Kenneth N. Flaxman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Stuart Opdycke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Melbourne A. Noel, Chief-Prisoner Litigation Bureau, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, and PELL, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff Ronald Burbank, an inmate at the Illinois State Penitentiary, Statesville Branch, brought this action, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against certain officials of the prison.1 The plaintiff, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, challenged certain procedures employed by the defendants in the imposition of in-prison discipline. The district court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss as to part...

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