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ZURANSKI v. ANDERSON

No. H 84-56.

582 F.Supp. 101 (1984)

Walter M. ZURANSKI, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Orval W. ANDERSON, Individually and in his capacity as Judge of the Lake County Court, Division III, et al, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Hammond Division.

March 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myrna Hart, Project Justice & Equality, Donald J. Evans, Calumet Chapter — Indiana Civ. Liberties Union, Valparaiso, Ind., for plaintiff.

Arthur Thaddeus Perry, Deputy Atty. Gen., Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., Robert Deloney, Gary, Ind., Raymond L. Szarmach, East Chicago, Ind., John A. Dull, Crown Point, Ind., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

KANNE, District Judge.

This case discloses an instance where an Indiana state court judge, through indifference, ignored Indiana law and caused an improper sentence to be imposed upon an indigent traffic offender. In addition to the initial regular 60 day jail sentence he imposed, the state court judge directed that the indigent traffic offender pay a fine and costs of $450.00 by a further term of imprisonment to be served after the...

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