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SWEET v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 74-1118.

529 F.2d 854 (1975)

James E. SWEET, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Director William D. Leeke, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. C. Sullivan, Columbia, S. C. [court-assigned counsel], for appellant.

Emmet H. Clair, Asst. Atty. Gen. of S. C. (Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and Stephen T. Savitz, Asst. Atty. Gen. of S. C., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER, CRAVEN, BUTZNER, RUSSELL, FIELD and WIDENER, Circuit Judges, sitting en banc.

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This action sought both injunctive and monetary relief under the provisions of § 1983, 42 U.S.C., by a State prisoner, who has been for almost five years in segregated confinement in what is known as Cell Block 2 at the South Carolina Central Correctional Institution. The defendants, sued both officially and individually, are the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections and the Warden of the Central Correctional...

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