Harold G. Woolsey v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

This prison administration case, brought under the civil rights jurisdiction of the court and seeking injunctive relief and damages, was dismissed on the pleadings. 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983. The district court was of the view that no one of the several complaints asserted rose to the level of a constitutionally cognizable claim. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The district court viewed the claims of appellant as embracing matters of internal prison operation and administration such as were beyond the scope of federal inquiry. Cf. Granville v. Hunt, 5 Cir., 1969, 411 F.2d 9. We agree as to all…