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FORD v. SCHMIDT

No. 77-1516.

577 F.2d 408 (1978)

Jesse James FORD, III and Marvin Louis Madden, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Wilbur J. SCHMIDT, Secretary of State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl S. Bell, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James H. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

GRANT, Senior District Judge.

The appellants in this appeal, Jesse Ford and Marvin Madden, are both inmates at the Wisconsin State Prison in Waupun, Wisconsin. On 3 April 1973 Madden wished to send by mail certain legal papers he had prepared in a separate lawsuit. In general, mail at the Wisconsin State Prison is sent by the inmates to a mail room with an inmate stamp coupon affixed. These coupons can be purchased on the first and third Monday of each month and in...

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