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ALLEN v. AYTCH

No. 75-1924.

535 F.2d 817 (1976)

Donald Edward ALLEN, Appellant, v. Louis S. AYTCH, Individually and as Superintendent or Director of Philadelphia County Prisons, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Lee, law student, Jack J. Levine, Supervising Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

James M. Penny, Jr., Asst. City Sol., Raymond Kitty, Deputy City Sol., Sheldon L. Albert, City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before ADAMS, HUNTER and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

The number of civil rights complaints filed annually in federal court by prisoners has been increasing dramatically in recent years.1 One such complaint, drafted by Donald Edward Allen to challenge certain rules regarding a prison commissary and transmitted to the Clerk of the United States District Court, is alleged by its author to have been removed from its envelope and read by prison...

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