HOPKINS v. COLLINS

Civ. No. K-74-369.

411 F.Supp. 831 (1976)

Charles K. HOPKINS v. George H. COLLINS, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

Decree and Supplemental Opinion March 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Morgan, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Md., Donald R. Stutman, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Md., Baltimore, Md., for defendants.


FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Charles K. Hopkins, presently confined in the Maryland Penitentiary, seeks summary judgment in connection with his quest for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, plaintiff contends that he has the right under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to receive and read while in confinement in that institution The Black Panther, a weekly newspaper published by the Black Panther Party. Plaintiff challenges...

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