UNITED STATES EX REL. RATCHFORD v. JEFFES

No. 77-1795.

451 F.Supp. 675 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John M. RATCHFORD v. Glenn R. JEFFES, Superintendent (Individually and in Official Capacity), State Correctional Institution, Dallas, Pennsylvania, Daniel Sims, Deputy Superintendent of Treatment (Individually and in Official Capacity), Graterford, Pennsylvania, Robert Wolfe, Administrative Assistant (Individually and in Official Capacity), State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania, Charles Batdorf (Mailroom Supervisor) (Individually and in Official Capacity), State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania, Maurice Talley, Paraprofessional Law Clinic, Inc., Graterford, Pennsylvania, Bebley Wells, Paraprofessional Law Clinic, Inc., Graterford, Pennsylvania, George Bradley, Paraprofessional Law Clinic, Inc., Graterford, Pennsylvania and Felix Mokychic (Individually and in Official Capacity), Captain of the Guard, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Ratchford, pro se.

Margret E. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


LUONGO, District Judge.

John M. Ratchford, a prisoner confined at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania, filed this complaint pro se on May 25, 1977. Ratchford seeks both damages and equitable relief under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, as well as a declaratory judgment. Defendant Jeffes, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Pennsylvania, and the sole defendant named in the original complaint, moved for summary judgment...

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