Legal Opinion
Fitchette v. Collins
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 13, 1975No. Civ. B-75-505PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BLAIR, District Judge.
Plaintiff, James Fitchette, is currently a prisoner in the Maryland Penitentiary. He brings this action against the Warden, George H. Collins, seeking $20,000 in damages for “Mental Anguish and False Imprisonment Which Petitioner was made to suffer for some seven (7) months” after being convicted by the Adjustment Team at the penitentiary of assault on an inmate by stabbing, a conviction that was subsequently “reversed” by the Maryland Inmate Grievance Commission. While the jurisdictional basis for the action is not alleged, the court construes the…
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