Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Roland E. Matthews, Jr. v. Kenneth L. Hardy
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 30, 1970No. 22315_1Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partWilbur K. Miller, Senior Circuit Judge
The appellant, Roland E. Matthews, Jr., convicted of manslaughter, was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 4 to 14 years on October 29, 1965. He was sent to Lorton Reformatory where his behavior constituted such a disciplinary problem that on March 23, 1967, he was transferred to St. Elizabeths Hospital, a mental institution, for psychiatric treatment. He was returned to Lorton on August 8, 1967, and was still there when the case was tried in the District Court.
On June 16, 1967, while he was in St. Elizabeths, Matthews filed this suit in the United States District Court for the District…
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