TRAPNELL v. RIGGSBY

No. 79-1856.

622 F.2d 290 (1980)

Garrett Brock TRAPNELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James D. RIGGSBY; Jerry Williford; Ronald Thompson; J. Brown and David Dalcher, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1980.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Nyhan, Law Student; Allen E. Shoenberger, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Theodore J. MacDonald, Asst. U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied August 29, 1980.

CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Trapnell, an inmate at the federal prison in Marion, Illinois filed this suit seeking both injunctive and monetary relief for infringement of his rights under the First Amendment. The defendants-appellees are officials and employees at the prison. The district court submitted the matter to a magistrate for evidentiary hearings and proposed findings, and...

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