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UNITED STATES EX REL. TYRRELL v. SPEAKER

Nos. 75-1668, 75-1669.

535 F.2d 823 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. David TYRRELL v. Fred SPEAKER, former Atty. General of Pa., et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1976.

As Amended June 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Kane, Atty. Gen., Michael von Moschzisker, Deputy Atty. Gen., Eastern Regional Director, Michael Minkin, Deputy Atty. Gen., Com. of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant in No. 75-1668.

Mark M. Wilcox, Ralph S. Spritzer, Thomas W. Meiklejohn and Thomas D. Panebianco, Indigent Prisoner Litigation Program, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee in No. 75-1668 and cross-appellant in No. 75-1669.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and VAN DUSEN and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.

The Warden of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford (Warden)1 appeals from a judgment of $500.00 in favor of Tyrrell, an untried prisoner, who also appeals. While awaiting trial, the prisoner was confined in the above penal institution in administrative segregation from February 10, 1970, until October 20, 1970. We affirm, but direct a reduction of the nominal damages...

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