Legal Opinion
Gray v. Creamer
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 21, 1971No. Civ. A. 71-445PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOURLEY, District Judge:
In this Civil Rights action, the plaintiffs having been granted the right to proceed in forma pauperis, the immediate matter before the Court is a Motion to Dismiss. Jurisdiction has been invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1343 and 2201 and 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983 and 1985. The view of this Court, as more fully developed below, is that this action, though it poses most serious problems and underscores the need for deep thought about the penal system in Pennsylvania, and indeed in the United States, should be dismissed.
The test of whether or not dismissal of the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Lee v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Lawrence William Wright v. Daniel McMann as Warden of Clinton State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Clarence Eisen v. Oliver C. EastmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Warren Curtis v. Angus Russell EveretteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Norman C. Gray, Jr. v. J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Brenneman v. MadiganDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
- State v. McCrayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- United States Ex Rel. Jones v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
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