WETMORE v. FIELDS

No. 78-C-163.

458 F.Supp. 1131 (1978)

Christopher E. WETMORE, James P. Skinner and Jeffery L. Loranger, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Ogis FIELDS, Jack Culley, Lauren Ketchum, Ted Cleavinger, Royce Pugh, and Walter Dickey, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Wisconsin.

October 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Wleklinski, Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Frederick J. Erhardt, Asst. U. S. Atty., Frank M. Tuerkheimer, U. S. Atty., Madison, Wis., for defendants Fields, Culley, Ketchum, Cleavinger and Pugh.

James H. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Wis., Bronson LaFollette, Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for defendant Dickey.


JAMES E. DOYLE, District Judge.

This is an action for monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief. Plaintiffs, inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution at Oxford, Wisconsin (FCI-Oxford), contend that defendants have interfered in various ways with the constitutional rights of access to the courts belonging to plaintiffs and other inmates. Jurisdiction is present under 28 U.S.C. § 1331.

In their amended complaint, plaintiffs assert five claims...

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