Legal Opinion
Bowman v. Hale
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided July 11, 1969No. Civ. No. 5520-69-PPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PITTMAN, District Judge.
ORDER ON PETITION FOR LAW SUIT
On May 28,1969, petitioner, a prisoner at Atmore Prison, Atmore, Alabama, filed a petition for a $500,000 law suit alleging, generally, cruel and unusual punishment and criminal negligence. The court will construe this as a petition for a civil action under Title 42, U.S.C., Section 1983.
More specifically, petitioner alleges the following as grounds for the suit:(1) Denial of medical treatment,(2) Negligent destruction of petitioner’s personal property,(3) Being placed in the “dog house”,(4) Lack of adequate bedding,(5) Unsanitary…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Robert Gatewood v. Edward J. Hendrick, Superintendent of County PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Kent v. PrasseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Urbano v. CalissiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
3Cited by6 opinions
- Commonwealth of Pa. Ex Rel. Feiling v. SincavageDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
- Howard v. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Bishop v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
- John Bowman v. N. L. Hale, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Howard v. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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