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CAREY v. BEANS

Civ. A. No. 80-0253.

500 F.Supp. 580 (1980)

King S. CAREY v. Leroy BEANS, Jr., Warden of Lehigh County Prison, John E. Roberts, Lehigh County Solicitor, William H. Platt, D. A. of Lehigh County, County of Lehigh.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. T. Shmookler, Richard J. Orloski, Allentown, Pa., for plaintiff.

Frank A. Baker, III, R. F. Stevens, Allentown, Pa., for Beans and Roberts.

W. G. Ross, Allentown, Pa., for Dist. Atty. Platt.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

During the past ten years civil rights petitions filed in federal court by state prisoners seeking redress for alleged violations of constitutional rights have increased by almost 400%.1 Many of the prisoners request release from incarceration. The instant case, however, involves a rare and somewhat unusual prayer for relief: plaintiff seeks to enjoin the defendants from excluding...

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