Legal Opinion
Clarence Carroll v. Allyn R. Sielaff
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 1975No. 74-1098PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge,
U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Prisoners Carroll and Gaston, invoking the district court’s jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and claiming violations of their civil rights, brought this action for monetary, injunctive and declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. Finding that plaintiffs failed to state a cause of action, the court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We vacate the judgment and remand for a hearing on the merits.
The prisoners were transferred from the Pontiac branch to the Stateville branch of the Illinois State…
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