Legal Opinion
Peake v. County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 5, 1968No. Civ. A. 68-518PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court for disposition of plaintiff’s petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
The petitioner is presently incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He contends that the Voluntary Defenders Association, through Isaac Pepp and John Hassett, members of that organization, have refused to assist petitioner because of his race in the preparation for and institution of legal proceedings and have thereby deprived him of his civil rights within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Pugliano v. StaziakDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
3Cited by16 opinions
- Joseph Carl Brown, Jr. v. Richard P. Joseph, EsquireCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Earl Robinson v. John E. BergstromCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Dreyer v. JaletDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1972
- Phillip Alfonso Espinoza v. Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public DefenderCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Dodson v. Polk CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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