WILLIAMS v. ANDERSON

Nos. 77-1273, 77-1274.

599 F.2d 923 (1979)

Gene Howard WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Park ANDERSON, Sam Johnston and Dale Gossett, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1979.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon D. McAllister, Jr., Tulsa, Okl. (Goodwin & Goodwin, Tulsa, Okl., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant.

Kay Karen Kennedy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl. (Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl., on brief), for defendants-appellants and cross-appellees.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and LEWIS and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil rights case based on false imprisonment. The facts are all important.

Gene Howard Williams was received at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in September, 1971, to serve a two-year sentence for burglary. On September 11, 1972, Williams was discharged from the burglary sentence. However, Williams never left the penitentiary and was immediately "rebilled" to begin serving a five...

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