Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Reynolds
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 19, 1975No. Civ. A. 75-0036 (L)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGMENT AND OPINION
DALTON, District Judge.
Lewis Matthews and Carl Sprouse, prisoners at the Rustburg Correctional Unit, filed a .complaint on August 19, 1975, styled as a “special motion” and containing numerous general charges concerning the conditions of confinement at the Rustburg Unit. This “special motion” was followed by a further complaint of September 16,1975 accompanied by a sworn affidavit. This complaint reiterated the same general charges.
Recognizing that the complainants were making many general conclusory allegations without stating whether they as individuals had experienced…
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