Legal Opinion
Adams v. Pate
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 23, 1971No. Nos. 18831-18832PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
The above appeals were consolidated in this Court for briefing and argument, and we elect to dispose of them in one opinion. The plaintiffs-appellants-are both inmates of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville Branch, Joliet, Illinois. In No. 18831 plaintiff Vernon C. Adams filed a pro-se complaint in the District Court pursuant to leave to proceed in forma pauperis, seeking recovery of monetary damages from the defendant, Frank J. Pate, under 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983 and 1985 for violations of Adams’ civil rights alleged to have occurred during Pate’s tenure as…
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