MASSEY v. SMITH

No. 77-1065.

555 F.2d 1355 (1977)

Lonnie MASSEY, Appellant, v. Quinton SMITH, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie Massey, pro se.

Wilbur H. Dillahunty, U. S. Atty., and Walter G. Riddick, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., on brief, for appellee.

Before HEANEY, ROSS and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Lonnie A. Massey, an inmate at Cummins, appeals from the dismissal of his civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim.

On January 4, 1977, Massey filed a complaint styled "Petition for a criminal indictment against an agent of the F.B.I. * * under 1985(3) title 42 U.S.C." The sole named defendant was Quinton Smith, an FBI agent. Massey alleged that Smith had conspired to subject him to cruel and unusual punishment. Specifically, Massey...

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