Legal Opinion
Fox v. Juvenile Court
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 23, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 70-1938PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BODY, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis against the named defendants pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq. In his pro se complaint, petitioner seeks damages of $500,000 from each defendant on account of an alleged five year illegal confinement in the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Pennsylvania.
Petitioner seems to allege that, pursuant to the original order of confinement by the Juvenile Court, he was kept in the state institution for five years past the age of twenty-one, but that he did eventually gain his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. RhodesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Allan H. Lawson v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Anthony Pusateri, Jr. v. Frank C. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Mann v. SnyderDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
3Cited by1 opinion
- O'CONNOR v. State of Nev.District Court, D. Nevada · 1981