JOHNSON v. BARRY

No. 85-2369.

815 F.2d 1119 (1987)

Henry B. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marion S. BARRY, Jr., James Palmer, William F. Smith, Norman Carlson, and Jerry Williford, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Horgan, Carbondale, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Laura J. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., Karen S. Dworkin, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge, CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, and MAROVITZ, Senior District Judge.


MAROVITZ, Senior District Judge.

Appellant, Henry B. Johnson, appeals from an order of the district court adopting the magistrate's report and recommendation that Johnson's complaint be dismissed as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). We affirm.

I.

In 1969 Johnson was convicted and sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for violations of the District of Columbia Code ("D.C. Code"). Johnson was initially incarcerated...

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