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COOK v. BOUNDS

No. 74-1083.

518 F.2d 779 (1975)

Leroy COOK, Appellant, v. V. Lee BOUNDS, Com. Dept. Corrections, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Goumas (Third-year law student) (Evelyn Bracy, Durham, N. C., [Court-assigned counsel], and Deb. Stuart [Third-year law student] on brief), for appellant.

Jacob L. Safron, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Alan S. Hirsch, Associate Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL, FIELD and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

FIELD, Circuit Judge:

Leroy Cook, a life term prisoner, was confined in Craggy Prison Unit, Asheville, North Carolina, and on January 2, 1973, joined twelve other prisoners in a jail break. During the course of their escape the prisoners held the guards at gunpoint and robbed the prison canteen of several hundred dollars in cash as well as merchandise. The plaintiff was recaptured and returned to the Craggy Prison Unit on January 4, 1973, where he was placed in maximum...

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