SINWELL v. SHAPP

No. 75-2252.

536 F.2d 15 (1976)

SINWELL, William, et al., Appellants, v. Governor Milton SHAPP, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Sinwell, pro se.

Glenn F. Gilman, J. Andrew Smyser, Deputy Attys. Gen., Robert P. Kane, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) April 8, 1976.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

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Plaintiffs sought to raise in the district court certain constitutional challenges to a Pennsylvania Bureau of Corrections Administrative Directive pertaining to "Behavioral Adjustment Units."1 The district court denied their request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and plaintiffs have appealed...

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