OWENS v. BARNES

No. 82-3207.

711 F.2d 25 (1983)

Paul B. OWENS, Appellant, v. William BARNES, Dauphin County Bureau of Elections, Appellee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1983.

Certiorari Denied November 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Torregrossa (argued), Jessica S. Jones, Andrew T. Baxter, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Robert L. Knupp, Graf, Knupp & Andrews, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellee.

LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Francis R. Filipi, Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Justice Agencies, Gregory R. Neuhauser, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Harrisburg, Pa., for intervenor.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied November 7, 1983. See 104 S.Ct. 400.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, convicted of a third-degree felony under Pennsylvania law, is currently incarcerated in a Pennsylvania institution. He filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that the Pennsylvania Election Code violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by denying incarcerated...

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